Subject: [bug#52109] Mention bsdcat, bsdcpio and bsdtar in description of libarchive

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:00:51 -0500

Hello Simon,

zimoun <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Liliana,
>
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2023 at 17:38, Simon Tournier <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  I will update libarchive description, if no one beats me.
>
> Please find attach the patch. :-)  If it appears to you fine, could you
> merge it?
>
> Cheers,
> simon
>
>
> From 6947165af4e53821662049aac847a50fc470c49e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 17:04:56 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: libarchive: Mention bsdcat, bsdcpio and bsdtar in
>  description.
>
> * gnu/packages/backup.scm (libarchive)[description]: Mention the utilities
> bsdcat, bsdcpio and bsdtar.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/backup.scm | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
> index 8e629c2592..7e8282da20 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
> @@ -333,7 +333,9 @@ (define-public libarchive
>  as gzip and bzip2.  The library is inherently stream-oriented; readers
>  serially iterate through the archive, writers serially add things to the
>  archive.  In particular, note that there is currently no built-in support for
> -random access nor for in-place modification.")
> +random access nor for in-place modification.
> +
> +This package also provides the three utilities bsdcat, bsdcpio and bsdtar.")
>      (license license:bsd-2)))
>  

Nitpick, but I'd use "also provides the @command{bsdcat},
@command{bsdcpio} and @command{bsdtar} commands.", for the extra
eye-pleasing effect.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim