Re: Adding pkg_admin unpack (ish)

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Anthony Mallet <anthony.mallet%laas.fr@localhost> writes:

> On Saturday 13 Apr 2024, at 07:24, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> I have only occasionally wanted to do this, and I've just used tar to
>> unpack.  I wonder why that isn't ok, for your occasional use.
>
> It's part of a tool converting binary pkg_install packages to .deb
> packages in an automated process. tar is fine, although it depends
> which tar. For instance gnutar cannot extract '+*' files without a
> specific option, some old tar don't understand the archive, etc, so
> it's painful to get it right. I also feel like injecting knowledge
> outside pkg_install (such as `+*' files are metadata) is not ideal,
> but that's a minor point.

That makes sense.

> I actually implemented `pkg_add -x pkg.tgz`, it's only a few
> lines diff, and for me it's the simplest solution, as by definition
> pkg_add will be available on the host and it will have a consistent
> behaviour.

Feel free to send a patch for people to think about.