Re: bsdcpio and bsdtar installed by default

[Tom Spindler <dogcow%babymeat.com@localhost>]

> > > I would like to go on and install bsdcpio and bsdtar by default.
> > > This does not mean that /bin/tar will change to bsdtar for now, just
> > > that both are present.
> > 
> > I strongly object to re-bloating the system with two versions of tar.
> 
> The "bloat" you call it is 110KB on AMD64, not counting the shared
> library that is needed for other purposes.

So - what _is_ the reason for wishing to import new versions of
archivers, rather than (e.g.) fixing pax?