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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:28:04 +0300
From: Vladimir Tchoukharev <chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi>
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Subject: Re: bin/25620: tar does not handle existing large minor numbers
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phk@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> 
> 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

OK, thanks for clearification. What about adding these same words to 
the man page, section "Bugs"?

Best regards,
V. Tchoukharev

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