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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:55:06 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        blapp@attic.ch
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
Subject:   Re: GNU-Tar should be updated 
Message-ID:  <199806240155.SAA00812@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:37:43 BST." <35900407.FC480B48@attic.ch> 

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> tar: /dev/sd0s3: minor number too large; not dumped
> 
> etc ...
> 
> I think the tar *really should* be upgraded in /usr/bin !

Why?

> Something like that is really ugly, a unix that can't backup
> it's own files ... something like that I only know from M$  ...

This is a failing of the tar format; a newer tar won't help you.

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