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Re: <tar.h>


On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 16:23 -0500, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Jeff Johnston wrote:
> > Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
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> >> Hash: SHA256
> >>
> >> I just found out the hard way that newlib (and hence cygwin) do not
> >> provide <tar.h>.  A patch was proposed in 2005[1], but with no response;
> >> google turned up no further discussion on the topic.
> >>
> >> [1] http://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2005/msg00099.html
> >>
> >> Could this patch please be considered?
> >>
> >
> > Ok, checked in.  It never got checked in and there was no follow-up from
> > Ralf who submitted it.  The probable reason: nobody cared since no 
> > functions reference it; however, yes, it is part of SUSV3, only 
> > contains macro definitions, and after two years, one person (you) 
> > actually wants it,
We are using it. 

I circumvented newlib not having adopted it by shipping a
local/conditionally used copy inside of RTEMS, which wasn't a major loss
because portability made this step inevitable anyway. 

Ralf




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