081230 tar-1.21 [VL 6.0]

[caitlyn]

toothandnail has packaged the latest version of tar.  This package fixes some bugs in the version on the VL6 isos issued to date.

Package:  tar-1.21-i586-1vl60.tlz
MD5:  207b73959c08e2e6ee5bbc533e289ccd
Package Size:  666K
Installed Size:  2590K

Sources: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-6.0/source/testing/base/tar

Code:

tar: tar (archiving utility)
tar:
tar: GNU tar is an archiving program designed to store and extract files
tar: from an archive file. Tarfiles can be written to tape or to a normal
tar: file. Tar is capable of making use of compression programs to
tar: reduce the size of the archive.
tar:
tar: License: GPL
tar: Authors: John Gilmore & others
tar: Website: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/

After testing this package please stop back at this thread and let us know how it works for you.

[MikeCindi]

No problems with it so far after using it for several packages.