[BusyBox] Unarchive applets; new code overview

[Erik Andersen]

On Sat Jun 09, 2001 at 12:34:35AM +1000, Glenn McGrath,,, wrote:
> I have a patch against current CVS at 
> http://people.debian.org/~bug1/archive.diff
> 
> 
> So some issues i would like some feedback on, are
> 
> 1) Is a cheap cpio applet (extraction only) wanted ?

sure, no problem there.

> 2) Is the untar applet a good idea ?

What it boils down to is, what advantages are there to having a separate app,
vs a single app that goes both ways depending on a #define.  I personally think
the current structure (where you can enable a define to make tar also create
archives) is the best way to go.

 -Erik

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