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From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods)
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Subject: Re: Need cpio.c source
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 12:46:29 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 30 12:46:29 1985
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> > 	Sigh.  For some strange reason Berkely 4.2 doesn't come with
> > SCCS or cpio.  These turkeys makeing releases should get their sh*t
> > together!  Would someone out there in net land please send a copy of
> > the new System V cpio so we can read our release tape so that we can
> > get the source of SCCS, so that we can use the latest kernel.
> > 
> Is it just my imagination or is this person asking System V owners
> to break their licensing agreements by sending him proprietary code?
> Perhaps I don't understand the Berkeley licensing system well enough,
> but it seems to me that if you don't pay for System V you don't get
> (any of) System V.  Comments/more info?
> -- 
First, if the person has a "release tape" in CPIO format, I'd think that
they have a System V release tape, and just don't know how to extract
cpio from the boot block.  Unless they are completely confused, and think
that their tar tape is in CPIO format.

On the other hand, writing a program to interpret CPIO format is not very
hard.
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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