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Project Summary
The Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation.
In a Nutshell, GNU tar...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 7 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 1990
ending with its most recent commit 6 days ago
Quick Reference
Organization:
git://git.sv.gnu.org/tar.git
GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
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Project Security
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Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities
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