Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:56:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "T. William Wells" <bill@twwells.com> To: shovey@buffnet.net (Stephen Hovey) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cpio weirdness Message-ID: <E157SZ9-000ICK-00@twwells.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10106052115130.5857-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> from "Stephen Hovey" at Jun 05, 2001 09:15:35 PM
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> From shovey@buffnet.net Tue Jun 05 21:54:46 2001 > Return-path: <shovey@buffnet.net> > Envelope-to: bill@twwells.com > Delivery-date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:54:46 -0400 > Received: from mail (helo=205.246.19.13) > by twwells.com with local-bsmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) > id 157SWz-000I9E-00 > for bill@twwells.com; Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:54:45 -0400 > Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13] > by twwells.com with smtp (despammer) > id 000375155; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 01:16:50 +0000 > Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) > by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA73147; > Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:18:02 -0400 (EDT) > (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:15:35 -0400 (EDT) > From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> > To: "T. William Wells" <bill@twwells.com> > cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: cpio weirdness > In-Reply-To: <E157NMO-000AGU-00@twwells.com> > Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10106052115130.5857-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > > Um no - even static system binaries would get chewed up. Unless you mean > 1 changed file pukes em all up. > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, T. William Wells wrote: > > > > I use pax with its defaults and avoid cpio - cpio tends to restore oddly, > > > like a counter can go off, puttin the end of some files at the top of > > > other files etc. > > > > This is a long-standing problem with cpio. It occurs when the > > length of a file changes during a cpio run. cpio does work reliably > > for static files. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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