NetBSD /bin/pax

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From: collver1
Subject: NetBSD /bin/pax
Date: 20:12 on 29 Sep 2003

In a default NetBSD install on i386 using sysinst, the installer creates 2
filesystems / and /usr.  Some static linked utilities are put in /bin under
the theory that they can be used for basic repair.

A while back I decided to make the /usr partition part of a ccd, and used
/bin/pax to back up /usr with the -z option.  Then I added the extra disk
and created the ccd.  When it came time to restore /usr, I learned that
with -z, /bin/pax exec's /usr/bin/gzip.  doh.

NetBSD /bin/pax collver1 20:12 on 29 Sep 2003

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