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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: kiasoc5 <kiasoc5 <at> disroot.org>, Giovanni Biscuolo <g <at> xelera.eu>, Foo Chuan Wei <chuanwei.foo <at> hotmail.com>, 52109 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#52109] Mention bsdcat, bsdcpio and bsdtar in description of libarchive
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:56:39 +0100

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Hi Maxim,

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 15:00, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> wrote:

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

V2 attached.

Cheers,
simon

[v2-0001-gnu-libarchive-Mention-bsdcat-bsdcpio-and-bsdtar-.patch (text/x-diff, inline)]

From 1f7ad76468644456dc5fc3cf52de52521f2b35b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 17:04:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH v2] 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 | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/backup.scm b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
index 8e629c2592..f3fba4ae50 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/backup.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/backup.scm
@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ (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 @command{bsdcat}, @command{bsdcpio} and
+@command{bsdtar} commands.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
 (define-public rdup

base-commit: 3174affaf436f06d0c1ed2a8db2c524a29010bbb
-- 
2.38.1

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