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To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Hmmmm! New error encountered with cpio while building root.flp 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Jul 1995 19:55:07 +1000."
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 07:48:14 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> cpio (and tar) now check for minor numbers that would be truncated.  pax
> now uses the correct macro for minor() so its existing check works.  The
> check is only done for st_rdev, not for st_dev.  st_rdev is meaningless
> for regular files.  Unfortunately, st_rdev is apparently a garbage value
> for regular files, and cpio apparently attempts to copy it.  I'm not
> sure what tar does.  pax zeros it except for special files, at least for
> tar format.
> 
> You should be using a cpio format that preserves all minor numbers,
> e.g., `cpio -H newc'.

I can easily do this, but it still concerns me that the *default*
method for cpio is now essentially broken.  This will generate tech
support problems for us and should be fixed.  A bug is a bug!
Thanks..

					Jordan