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Date:      Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:30:10 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Cc:        Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive archive_read_open_fd.c archive_read_open_filename.c
Message-ID:  <200706181630.24421.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20070618060637.GA34022@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200706180036.l5I0asac023540@repoman.freebsd.org> <46760F7A.8020209@freebsd.org> <20070618060637.GA34022@nagual.pp.ru>

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On Monday 18 June 2007 15:36, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> Then it should be fixed in the driver, please do not mask this bug in
> the bsdtar workaround. Ask adaptec driver people for help.

I think that masking the bug AND asking for help is the right thing to 
do.

It's silly to think that we need a stick to beat a coder over the head 
so they'll fix a bug.. Isn't it?

In the mean time I'd like a working tar even if the work around is 
crude.

How does a driver handle seek anyway? ioctl?

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