Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:45:51 -0800 (PST) From: <phk@FreeBSD.org> To: chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi, phk@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/25620: tar does not handle existing large minor numbers Message-ID: <200103281745.f2SHjpB33977@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Synopsis: tar does not handle existing large minor numbers State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: phk State-Changed-When: Wed Mar 28 09:44:37 PST 2001 State-Changed-Why: You are right, as it says: it doesn't. The tar format is a semi fixed width field format, and the field for device numbers were designed for 16 bit (8 major, 8 minor) and can not absorb our 32 bit (8 major, 16+8 minor) numbers. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25620 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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