Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/47538: tar buggy on memory disk partitions Message-ID: <200301272230.h0RMU2Rd044767@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/47538; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Jacques Garrigue <garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/47538: tar buggy on memory disk partitions Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:16:19 +0200 On 2003-01-27 18:15, Jacques Garrigue <garrigue@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote: > When used on a memory disk (md), tar exhibits buggy behaviour, > corrupting the data in subtle ways. [...] > > Alternatively, you can copy some large amount of data from > somewhere: > > tar cf - -C /usr bin | tar xvf - -C /tmp > diff -r /usr/bin /tmp/bin Can you try a newer version of the 5.X branch? It seems that this is fixed in -CURRENT. $ uname -v FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #4: Mon Jan 27 12:46:21 EET 2003 [...] $ mount | grep /tmp /dev/md10c on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates) $ cd /tmp $ tar cf - -C /usr bin | tar xf - $ diff -r /usr/bin /tmp/bin $ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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