pkgsrc/archivers/afio/DESCR
dholland 5d6b1a5dd0 Fix broken Solaris build by not using sys_errlist.
Clean up other problems revealed by gcc -Wall:
   - pass (char *)NULL, not 0, as the last arg of execlp, to avoid
     crashes on LP64 platforms;
   - use signal.h, not sys/signal.h;
   - use utime(3) correctly;
   - use W* macros and sys/wait.h instead of hardcoding bit patterns.

Note in the DESCR that the package has been patched, as the license
might be construed to require this.

PKGREVISION -> 2.
2012-06-23 18:02:15 +00:00

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Afio makes cpio-format archives. It deals somewhat gracefully with
input data corruption. Supports multi-volume archives during
interactive operation. Afio can make compressed archives that are
much safer than compressed tar or cpio archives. Afio is best used as
an `archive engine' in a backup script.
The package's license may require formal disclosure that the software
has been patched.