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[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc/guide/files Document that bsdtar is a valid choice...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/1ea1c0674e50
branches:  trunk
changeset: 542715:1ea1c0674e50
user:      joerg <joerg%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Sun May 25 20:52:01 2008 +0000

description:
Document that bsdtar is a valid choice for EXTRACT_USING and that it is
prefered over gtar (as it can be built out-of-the-box).

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/build.xml |  10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r 4f769cda34f0 -r 1ea1c0674e50 doc/guide/files/build.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/build.xml Sun May 25 20:49:39 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/build.xml Sun May 25 20:52:01 2008 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.48 2007/12/12 01:03:33 markd Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: build.xml,v 1.49 2008/05/25 20:52:01 joerg Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="build">
   <title>The build process</title>
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@
 
       <varlistentry><term><varname>EXTRACT_USING</varname></term>
       <listitem><para>This variable can be set to
-      <literal>gtar</literal>, <literal>nbtar</literal> (which is the
-      default value), <literal>pax</literal>, or an
+      <literal>bsdtar</literal, <literal>gtar</literal>, <literal>nbtar</literal>
+      (which is the default value), <literal>pax</literal>, or an
       absolute pathname pointing to the command with which tar
-      archives should be
-      extracted.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
+      archives should be extracted.  It is prefered to choose bsdtar over gtar
+      if NetBSD's pax-as-tar is not good enough.</para></listitem></varlistentry>
 
     </variablelist>
 



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