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./archivers/star [unique standard tape archiver]

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Version: 1.5.2, Package name: star-1.5.2
Maintained by: The OpenBSD ports mailing-list
Master sites:
Flavors (export FLAVOR=xyz, setenv FLAVOR xyz):
  • static
Description
star is the fastest known implementation of a tar archiver.

Its main advantages over other tar implementations are:
* fifo
* remote tape support
* accurate sparse files
* pattern matcher
* sophisticated diff
* no namelen limitation
* deals with all 3 times
* does not clobber files
* automatic byte swap
* automatic format detect
* automatic compression detect
* fully ansi compatible
* support for ACLs and file flags
* support for all inode metadata
* sophisticated error control
* ed(1)-like filename substitution
* a fast built in -copy mode
* integrated find(1) code

Available flavors:
static - link statically

Filesize: 1026.437 KB
Version History (View Complete History)
  • (2015-06-26) Package deleted from Ports
  • (2013-06-30) Updated to version: star-1.5.2
  • (2010-07-02) Updated to version: star-1.5.1
  • (2008-06-20) Updated to version: star-1.5
  • (2006-07-21) Package added to openports.se, version star-1.4.3p0 (created)
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CVS Commit History:

   2015-06-25 15:45:59 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (19)
Log message:
remove some obsolete/useless/crufty schilyware
ok sthen@ ajacoutot@ dcoppa@ ian@
   2015-03-14 14:52:47 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (10)
Log message:
switch from "-static" to "${STATIC}, i.e., build static PIE executables
on most archs
   2015-02-04 14:16:11 by Stuart Henderson | Files touched by this commit (4)
Log message:
Force a WANTLIB on libc for ports linked statically, to ensure they get updated
following major updates in base. kurt is ok with this approach. ok naddy
   2010-10-18 10:47:00 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (39)
Log message:
USE_GROFF=Yes
   2010-07-01 23:20:26 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (4)
Log message:
update to 1.5.1 (there were 89 alpha versions)
   2009-10-10 03:18:51 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
fuck-off, schilly
   2008-06-19 11:43:10 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (17)
Log message:
Update to 1.5:
"Between star-1.4 and star-1.5, there have been more changes than in the
whole life of star until star-1.4."
For cross-platform consistency's sake, put configuration files under
${SYSCONFDIR}/default/.
   2007-09-15 04:14:34 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (38)
Log message:
zap all quotes in COMMENT/PERMIT_*
   2007-04-05 09:38:13 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (1270)
Log message:
base64 distinfo with SHA256
   2006-12-30 13:25:59 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
avoid __malloc name clash; from star 1.5.x
   2006-03-11 08:20:23 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
homepage moved; from Christian Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at>
   2005-01-05 08:40:37 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (48)
Log message:
SIZE
   2004-11-21 05:50:34 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (38)
Log message:
Mark all system libs in WANTLIB, result of running newlib-depends-check
   2004-10-08 10:44:43 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (5)
Log message:
Kill INSTALL/DEINSTALL.  Don't bother advertising srmt.
Don't install a sample srmt.conf.  Those very few people who want to play
with this can figure it out on their own.
   2004-08-03 05:30:02 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (24)
Log message:
manpages markers.
use SHARED_ONLY to discard PFRAG.shared.
   2004-07-24 08:20:49 by Marc Espie | Files touched by this commit (27)
Log message:
switch to using dir/ and @info.
a few more tweaks done by the automatic update mode of make update-plist.
   2003-12-15 14:42:44 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (507)
Log message:
remove WWW lines
   2003-10-26 10:22:24 by Nikolay Sturm | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
(void *)NULL
   2003-08-22 13:29:37 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
use @extra
   2003-02-18 05:59:11 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
Update to 1.4.3:  bug fixes.
   2003-02-12 08:48:27 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
star has grown a homepage.
   2003-02-12 08:44:54 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
Master site moved.
   2002-11-29 13:59:47 by Christian Weisgerber | Files touched by this commit (7)
Log message:
- Update to 1.4.2.
- Add smt command.