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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by tredre3 on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:41PM (#39794629)
Pack may not be it, but it would be nice if Tar would go the way of the dodo. It has all the flaws that you mentioned (and more!).
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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by viraptor on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:48PM (#39794699)
It does not in fact have most of the mentioned flaws. It's pipeable, immutable, continuous, trivial to repair, safe for append-only writing.
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Re:Pack: A New Container Format for Compressed Files by epcoa on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:51PM (#39794727)
It literally has none of the issues mentioned though. Not that it doesn’t have limitations but those listed aren’t them.
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