Port details |
- star-devel Unique standard tape archiver with many enhancements
- 1.5_1 archivers
=3 1.5_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: mm@FreeBSD.org
 - Port Added: 2004-06-22 20:38:38
- Last Update: 2009-12-26 10:26:55
- SVN Revision: UNKNOWN
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- License: not specified in port
- WWW:
- http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/star.html
- Description:
- Star is the fastest known implementation of a tar archiver.
This is the development version of star.
Main advantages over other tar implementations:
fifo - Keeps the tape streaming.
pattern matcher - For a convenient user interface.
sophisticated diff - User tailorable interface for comparing tar
archives against file trees.
no namelen limitation - Pathnames up to 1024 Bytes may be archived.
deals with all 3 times - Stores/restores all 3 times of a file.
does not clobber files - More recent copies on disk will not be
clobbered from tape.
automatic byte swap - star automatically detects swapped archives.
automatic format detect - Automatically detects archive formats:
old tar, gnu tar, ansi tar, star.
fully ansi compatible - star is fully ANSI/Posix 1003.1 compatible.
WWW: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/star.html
Author: Joerg Schilling <js@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Please mail bugs and suggestions to him.
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- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
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- Dependency lines:
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- star>0:archivers/star-devel
- No installation instructions:
- This port has been deleted.
- PKGNAME: star
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
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- Build dependencies:
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- smake : devel/smake
- Library dependencies:
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- iconv.3 : converters/libiconv
- intl : devel/gettext
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
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Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
Commit | Credits | Log message |
1.5_1 26 Dec 2009 10:26:55
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mm  |
- Port completely superseded and replaced by archivers/star
archivers/star-devel |
1.5_1 06 Jun 2008 13:02:32
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edwin  |
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav) |
1.5 16 May 2008 09:53:53
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mm  |
- Update to 1.5
- Depend on gettext and libiconv |
1.5.a87 19 Dec 2007 10:34:41
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mm  |
- Update to 1.5.a87 |
1.5.a86 21 Oct 2007 21:09:07
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mm  |
- Update to 1.5.a86 |
1.5.a84 31 Aug 2007 11:17:14
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mm  |
- Update to 1.5.a.84 |
1.5.a82 19 Jul 2007 13:16:31
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mm  |
- update to 1.5.a82
- add PORTDOCS
Approved by: garga (mentor) |
1.5.a80 11 Jun 2007 12:07:03
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mm  |
- update to 1.5.a80
Approved by: garga (mentor) |
1.5.a79 30 Apr 2007 12:47:59
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mm  |
- update to 1.5.a79
- remove etc/default/star
- add support for NO_INSTALL_MANPAGES knob
Approved by: garga (mentor) |
1.5.a76 05 Apr 2007 13:19:09
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mm  |
- updated maintainer e-mail address
Approved by: garga (mentor) |
1.5.a76 08 Feb 2007 22:33:20
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miwi  |
- Update to 1.5.a76
PR: 108793
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@matuska.org> (maintainer) |
1.5.a75 11 Jul 2006 02:35:29
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clsung  |
- Update of archivers/star-devel from 1.5.a.73 to 1.5.a.75
PR: ports/100049
Submitted by: maintainer (Martin Matuska) |
1.5.a73 04 Apr 2006 17:31:51
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garga  |
- Update to 1.5.a.73
PR: ports/95274
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a70 25 Nov 2005 08:34:49
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vs  |
Update to 1.5.a70
PR: ports/89508
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.68 07 Oct 2005 12:23:24
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az  |
- Update to version 1.5.a.68
PR: ports/87038
Submitted by: maintainer
Approved by: sem (mentor) |
1.5.a.66 04 Sep 2005 15:20:31
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lawrance  |
Update to 1.5.a.66
PR: ports/85702
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@matuska.org> (maintainer) |
1.5.a.63 25 Jul 2005 15:42:24
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garga  |
- Update to 1.5.a.63
PR: ports/84055
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@matuska.org> (maintainer)
Approved by: flz (mentor) |
1.5.a.61 16 Jul 2005 01:02:12
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pav  |
- Update to 1.5.a.61
PR: ports/83535
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@matuska.org> (maintainer) |
1.5.a.60 10 Jun 2005 15:53:58
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lawrance  |
Update to 1.5.a.60
PR: ports/82120
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@matuska.org> (maintainer) |
1.5.a.59 21 May 2005 14:55:22
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novel  |
Update to 1.5.a.59.
PR: 81340
Submitted by: Martin Matuska (maintainer) |
1.5.a.58_1 01 Mar 2005 14:13:31
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vs  |
- missing section 5 manfile in Makefile
- handle symlinks for man files
- strip
PR: ports/78183
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.58 25 Feb 2005 20:48:20
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sem  |
- Update to 1.5.a.58
- Change maintainer e-mail
- URL and description adjustment
- Required devel/smake
PR: ports/77939
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.54 24 Feb 2005 01:44:07
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leeym  |
- update Martin's email address
PR: 77938
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin at matuska.org> |
1.5.a.54 21 Jan 2005 20:55:47
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krion  |
Set LATEST_LINK.
Reported by: kris |
1.5.a.54 05 Nov 2004 12:55:54
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pav  |
- Update to 1.5.a.54
PR: ports/73557
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@tradex.sk> (maintainer) |
1.5.a.52 26 Oct 2004 17:56:33
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krion  |
Update to version to 1.5.a.42
PR: ports/72958
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.49 12 Oct 2004 10:11:49
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krion  |
Update to 1.5.a.49
PR: ports/72304
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.46 28 Aug 2004 18:43:42
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mharo  |
update to 1.5.a.46
PR: 71076
Submitted by: maintainer |
1.5.a.42 12 Jul 2004 15:20:26
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vs  |
Update to 1.5.1.42
PR: ports/68941
Submitted by: Martin Matuska (maintainer) |
1.5.a.41 22 Jun 2004 20:37:36
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pav  |
After repocopy from archivers/star, add star-devel, at 1.5 alpha 41.
This is development series, but already pretty stable.
PR: ports/68125
Submitted by: Martin Matuska <martin@tradex.sk>
Repocopy by: marcus |