From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 01:30:58 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD18F16A41F for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1E513C45B for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:30:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.109]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JJT00GTB5GNNW20@l-daemon> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:29:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.147]) by pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JJT0009N5GK5C00@pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:29:09 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JJT0081Z5G75P41@l-daemon> for cvs-src@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:28:55 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 16013 invoked from network); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:28:41 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:28:41 +0000 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:28:40 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <200706180036.l5I0asac023540@repoman.freebsd.org> To: Tim Kientzle Message-id: <4675DFC8.8060108@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 References: <200706180036.l5I0asac023540@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070606) Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive archive_read_open_fd.c archive_read_open_filename.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:30:58 -0000 Tim Kientzle wrote: > I fear I'll have to > avoid seeks under other circumstances. (For instance, tape drives on > FreeBSD seem to return garbage from lseek().) Is there any reason why the tape drivers can't be fixed? The idea of putting workarounds into bsdtar for a problem which could equally well be encountered by other applications seems a trifle strange. Colin Percival