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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
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