New MinGW package: bsdtar (ALPHA release)

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New MinGW package: bsdtar (ALPHA release)

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I've uploaded an alpha version of bsdtar to the mingw.org sourceforge
site. It was compiled from libarchive SVN trunk (e.g. it is pre-2.8.0).
You should be able to use this tool to unpack most (all?) of the
packages at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/

BUT before you do that, remember the MinGW rule: if the package file has
"-mingw32-" in the name, you need to unpack into the C:\MinGW directory:
> cd C:\MinGW
> bsdtar xf [[the-package-file]]
If the package file has "-msys-" in the name, you need to unpack into
the C:\msys\1.0 directory:
> cd C:\msys\1.0
> bsdtar xf [[the-package-file]]
See this wiki page: http://www.mingw.org/PackageIdentificationHOWTO

bsdtar understands the following archive formats:
(old) tar
GNU tar
POSIX ustar
POSIX pax
cpio
zip
jar
ar
ISO 9660 cdrom images
It also groks the following compression formats:
lzma
xz
bzip2 (.bz2)
gzip (.gz)
compress (.Z)
However, see the disclaimer below.

The package can be obtained from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/
under the folder
MinGW Utilities/basic bsdtar/

Direct link:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/bsdtar-2.7.900a_r1628-20091110-mingw32-alpha-bin.zip
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/bsdtar-2.7.900a_r1628-20091110-mingw32-alpha-src.tar.lzma

Contents:
bsdtar.exe
bsdtar.txt (man page, plain text format)
README-bsdtar.txt

README-bsdtar.txt file:
*********************************************************

bsdtar-2.7.900a_r1628-20091110-mingw32-alpha-bin.zip
bsdtar-2.7.900a_r1628-20091110-mingw32-alpha-src.tar.lzma
========================================================================

This build of bsdtar from libarchive is an alpha release,
taken from the libarchive SVN development tree. This build
is:
native win32
linked statically against libz (zlib), libbz2 (bzip2),
and liblzma (xz). Thus, it supports intrinsically
.tar.lzma, .tar.xz, .tar.bz2, and .tar.gz. It also
supports .iso and various other formats, but that's
not important here.

You should be able to unpack this archive, and use the included
bsdtar.exe without any other prerequisites. HOWEVER, it is an
ALPHA release. There are KNOWN ISSUES -- it fails some of its
own testsuite tests. These failures should not cause any issues
when used for the intended purpose:

unpacking MinGW/MSYS archives distributed from mingw.org
and/or http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/

If you attempt to use it for any other purpose, and it fails,
kills your cat, destroys your data, or causes marital problems,
you are on your own. In fact, that's true even if you DO use
it for its intended purpose, so let's go ahead an make that clear:

LICENSE
========================================================================

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
in this position and unchanged.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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