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To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: dump/restore with compression 
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 07:52:36 +1000
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From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
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On Sun, 15 Jun 1997 16:02:50 +0200  J Wunsch wrote:

> What i didn't like is that they broke compatibility.  vdump's output
> is incompatible with dump's.  That's something they shouldn't have
> broken without reason.  dump is compatible across machines, even if it
> doesn't look so at the first glance.

I've never seen different OSes with compatible dump formats.
Your ``at first glance'' comment intrigues me; is there something I've
missed?

Giles