[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

[Tim Bray]

> On the other side, GNU tar is unreliable.

It is really unhelpful to Solaris when its advocates make inflammatory  
and incorrect statements like this.  We agree that you have reported a  
bug.  There is no bug-free software in the world.  The immensely huge  
numbers of people who, like me, have been using GNU tools such as tar  
for many years without any problems hear things like this and are apt  
to conclude "Solaris people are out of touch with reality".  -T