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. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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