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[Gap-dev-discuss] Zipper state
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Riccardo Mottola |
Subject: |
[Gap-dev-discuss] Zipper state |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:01:31 +0100 |
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Hi,
I have found Zipper's state to be quite Abysmal. I checked the tar and
zip handling for now.
Zip handling mostly works if the standard unzip is used. NetBSD uses an
unzip which does not support -qq. Minor problem.
Date parsing did not work. I fixed it on my box. But I fear that this
has impacts on other computers? The parse strings were wrong.
Tar handling
GNU-tar : mostly worked, but date parsing was bad
bsd-tar: On NetBSD no archive could be opened, crashes exceptions. I
fixed it. BSD tar has two date formats if the year is current or not.
Also, there is a trailing line at the end.
It works for me now. But how was and is the state on OpenBSD? NetBSD?
and other systems like Solaris?
A lot needs to be done and checked I fear... the code was/is quite fragile.
Riccardo
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