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[2024-12-11T16:11:32Z] <sewn> ilt: hi [2024-12-11T19:40:58Z] <midfavila> rip me [2024-12-11T19:41:20Z] <midfavila> do any of you know if there's a pax implementation that could theoretically also provide the system's tar? [2024-12-11T19:41:37Z] <midfavila> i'd like to replace libarchive if possible [2024-12-11T19:43:18Z] <midfavila> mir's pax seems like a possible hit [2024-12-11T20:24:34Z] <sewn> midfavila: what's wrong with libarchive [2024-12-11T20:27:30Z] <riteo> midfavila: not sure if we're talking about the same pax but I remember that the oasis linux fella made a pax impl [2024-12-11T20:27:35Z] <riteo> also ye what's wrong with libarchive [2024-12-11T20:32:41Z] <midfavila> nothing strictly wrong with libarchive i'm just looking for something smaller [2024-12-11T20:32:51Z] <midfavila> i really only use libarchive for tar and i suppose pm [2024-12-11T20:33:02Z] <midfavila> but i'd like to try patching pm to use either compress or zlib [2024-12-11T20:33:29Z] <midfavila> also ye mir pax provides tar [2024-12-11T20:33:35Z] <midfavila> will have to peek at oasis' one [2024-12-11T20:33:53Z] <riteo> nice [2024-12-11T20:34:04Z] <midfavila> i'm just trying to make my custom distro as small as possible ig [2024-12-11T20:34:11Z] <riteo> always looked like a great thing, too bad it was never quite advertised anywhere [2024-12-11T20:34:12Z] <midfavila> and i'd like to start experimenting again [2024-12-11T20:34:18Z] <midfavila> oasis, you mean? [2024-12-11T20:34:22Z] <riteo> the pax impl [2024-12-11T20:34:25Z] <midfavila> aah [2024-12-11T20:34:36Z] <riteo> like, you can't tell if it's actually done either [2024-12-11T20:34:40Z] <riteo> but seems to work IIRC [2024-12-11T20:36:23Z] <midfavila> will have to compare and contrast [2024-12-11T20:36:31Z] <midfavila> tbqh i would use suckless tar but it's still busted afaik [2024-12-11T20:40:12Z] <sewn> unbust it [2024-12-11T20:40:23Z] <midfavila> if i wasnt a brainlet i would [2024-12-11T20:40:28Z] <midfavila> alas [2024-12-11T21:39:26Z] <ilt> sewn: hi [2024-12-11T23:00:23Z] <midfavila> what rss/atom readers do you guys use if any? [2024-12-11T23:00:29Z] <midfavila> i'm thinking of checking out sfeed [2024-12-11T23:02:07Z] <midfavila> looking through all of the old packages i used on kiss and replacing some with lighter-weight options [2024-12-11T23:13:13Z] <phoebos> midfavila: i use sfeed, it's the most flexible [2024-12-11T23:14:11Z] <phoebos> see start.html, startpage.sh, sfeedrc under http://tmp.bvnf.space/ for an example [2024-12-11T23:21:52Z] <midfavila> ye that's what it seemed like to me [2024-12-11T23:21:58Z] <midfavila> the most unixy of the available options [2024-12-11T23:22:11Z] <midfavila> i was looking at https://github.com/pimterry/notes too [2024-12-11T23:22:30Z] <midfavila> for "knowledgebase management", i think is the hip term [2024-12-11T23:23:33Z] <midfavila> i'm working on putting together a toolkit for the new distro that i can stitch together exactly once and have work consistently no matter where i install it [2024-12-11T23:30:42Z] <midfavila> https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-plugins-prpl [2024-12-11T23:30:46Z] <midfavila> miminalism achieved [2024-12-11T23:30:59Z] <midfavila> insert stonks.jpeg