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- From: usenix!jsq (John S. Quarterman)
-
- A belated report about the Seattle P1003 meeting,
- regarding section 10.
-
- No one proposes non-ASCII cpio format any more.
-
- A revised cpio proposal was received. It is in
- appropriate format for P1003.1, but is still straight
- System V cpio.
-
- The proposer of that proposal has agreed to supply
- an updated proposal, including optional extensions
- for symbolic links, contiguous files, and a general
- method of extension. This is analogous to what is
- already in Draft 10 about the ustar format.
-
- P1003.1 Draft 11 will include the updated cpio proposal
- in addition to the already-present ustar format.
-
- Some notes have been moved from Section 10 into the Rationale.
-
- The introductory matter in 10.1 about the user of permission
- information on extraction of archives has been reworded, mostly
- to avoid the word "utility" (this is 1003.1, i.e., the programming
- language interface standard, that we are discussing.)
-
- A note is expected from X/OPEN to address the issues raised in my
- previous note (IEEE 1003.1 N.100, "tar vs. cpio"), and to include
- some comments about the motivation for the cpio proposals.
-
- The cpio proponents have been invited to post that note and
- the new cpio proposal in this newsgroup.
-
- N.100 will appear in the next issue of ;login:, the Newsletter
- of the USENIX Association. The cpio proponents have been
- invited to submit equivalent material. There is a possibility
- that similar articles may appear in the EUUG newsletter.
-
-
- An actual decision on what format(s) will be in the IEEE 1003.1
- Full Use Standard is expected at the September meeting in
- Nashua, New Hampshire. Though, of course, there is still the
- possibility that it will be determined in actual balloting.
-
- [ Note that I am posting this report as the USENIX Institutional
- Representative to IEEE P1003, not as the moderator. Replies
- and related submissions are solicited. -mod ]
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 91
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