Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:47:03 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/tar create.c Message-ID: <19990811174703.X31076@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199908110803.BAA90377@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Bruce Evans on Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 01:03:40AM -0700 References: <199908110803.BAA90377@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday, 11 August 1999 at 1:03:40 -0700, Bruce Evans wrote: > bde 1999/08/11 01:03:40 PDT > > Modified files: > gnu/usr.bin/tar create.c > Log: > Support 21-bit minor numbers. Avoid wasting a byte in their octal > representation by generating the same format as tar-1.13 (use a single > space as the terminator for 7-digit octal numbers). This is POSIX.1 > conformant (2-byte terminators are just a bug or historical wart in > old versions of gnu tar). All devices created by `MAKEDEV all' except > rsa0.ctl can now be handled by tar(1). How does this effect portability? Can System V tar still understand our tar? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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