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authorMichał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>2019-03-09 10:01:36 +0100
committerMichał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>2019-03-09 10:19:19 +0100
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package.mask: Mask app-arch/star for removal
Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/679030 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
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#--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
+# Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (09 Mar 2019)
+# According to bug #678914, our version is over 5 years old. It has
+# open bugs (#671742, #671990) and is non-trivial to bump due to being
+# merged into schily-tools (#672060). It lacks dedicated maintainer
+# interested in doing that. app-arch/tar (GPL) and app-arch/libarchive
+# (BSD) are good replacements for modern uses.
+# Removal in 30 days. Bug #679030.
+app-arch/star
+
# Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org> (07 Mar 2019)
# Fails to build with ffmpeg-4 (bug #673352). Dead upstream.
# Masked for removal in 30 days.