Gotcha. And re-adding the devel@ mailing list. It is just a matter of the RPM name changing (and likely the pax implementation).
I will update the Users Guide and post a patch. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 4:12 PM Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com> wrote: > Yes, spax is the rpm. So, “yum install spax” and you get the “pax” > command. > > > > Thanks > > Jeff > > > > *From:* Joel Sherrill <j...@rtems.org> > *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2020 3:43 PM > *To:* Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com>; rtems-de...@rtems.org < > devel@rtems.org> > *Cc:* Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org> > *Subject:* Re: tar/psx/bsdtar on CentOS 8 > > > > Pax to spax as an rpm? > > > > I will try to.make a simple patch and let you review it > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 2:10 PM Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com> wrote: > > Aha! So, spax provides pax now, and spax is in the BaseOS Repo. That’ll > need to be updated in the documentation. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > *From:* Joel Sherrill <j...@rtems.org> > *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2020 10:21 AM > *To:* Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com> > *Cc:* Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org>; rtems-de...@rtems.org < > devel@rtems.org> > *Subject:* Re: tar/psx/bsdtar on CentOS 8 > > > > This follow up from Jeff didn't hit the list. > > > > On top of pax may be an inactive/dead project, there is the issue that > Grsecurity > > has been cited as violating the GPL with their business of providing > kernel patches > > to paying customers but not allowing redistribution of those patches. > > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/11/6/4 > > > > They sued Bruce Perens ( > https://thenewstack.io/open-source-pioneer-bruce-perens-sued-grsecurity/) > > for defamation after his comments on their actions. > > > > But that's not where the CentOS 7 pax says it came from. Do an rpm -i > > and you see the URL is http://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kukuk/pax which > > is now dead. The user has a directory but it only has glibc-addons. > > I think this project died also. > > > > Did you try yum provides "*pax"? or the dnf equivalent? > > > > We may end up needing to identify an upstream pax implementation and > > add it to the rtems-source-builder. I'm hoping that's the out here. > > > > --joel > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 8:41 PM Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I think you misread that RHEL 8 page. I had already looked there, but > looked again tonight. Pax is only listed once on the whole page, and it's > under this heading: > A.4. Removed packages > The following packages are part of RHEL 7 but are not distributed with > RHEL 8: > > The "Homepage of Pax" looks a little stale. ---> > https://pax.grsecurity.net/ > > Jeff > > > > > > From: Joel Sherrill <j...@rtems.org> > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:20 PM > > To: Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org>; Jeff Mayes <jeff.ma...@oarcorp.com> > > Cc: rtems-de...@rtems.org <devel@rtems.org> > > Subject: Re: tar/psx/bsdtar on CentOS 8 > > > > > > > Jeff.. try the stuff below and let us know. > > > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:12 PM Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org> wrote: > > > > On 25/2/20 5:09 am, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > CentOS 8 does not have a package for pax. It does have a package for > bsdtar. > > > > > > Is bsdtar sufficient for the tests? I don't call the precise issue we > favored > > > pax over > > > GNU tar. > > > > > > If so, could testsuites/libtests/configure.ac <http://configure.ac> > accept both? > > > > > > Pax appears to be used only for the dl* and tar* tests. I had thought > about it > > > not being a hard fail but those seem like bad tests to drop out. > > > > Does RTEMS understand the standard tar format? If PAX format is needed > does your > > tar accept `--posix` or `--format pax`. I am happy for a change like this > but it > > may only work on FreeBSD ;) > > > > > > Long ago, I swear it was just tar but something broke on some host. My > vague recollection > is very large user ids in a Mac networked environment. But the ustar > format allows 8 octets > for user ids. > > > > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html#tag_20_92_13_06 > > > > > That may not have tripped the switch to pax except that pax is the POSIX > name of the > > > command. > > > > Looking for the RHEL 8 release notes about this, I found > > > > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/considerations_in_adopting_rhel_8/index > > > > > which indicates it moved to the "CodeReady Linux Builder repository" along > with a > > > number of other packages. That is in the PowerTools repo for CentOS. > > > > > https://serverfault.com/questions/997896/how-to-enable-powertools-repository-in-centos-8 > > > > > Hopefully it works. Jeff will let us know. > > > > --joel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > >
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