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Date:      Wed, 24 Jun 98 11:25:10 TPE
From:      <ford.leu@datacraft-asia.com> "Ford Leu"
To:        <blapp@attic.ch>, <owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Tim Vanderhoek" <hoek@hwcn.org>
Subject:   How to stop the mail from freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Message-ID:  <vines.AdC9%2BK45YpA@dsi.datacraft-asia.com>

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From: "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au>, on 1998/6/24 09:55 AM:
> 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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