Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:32:03 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Vladimir Tchoukharev <chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/25620: tar does not handle existing large minor numbers Message-ID: <98595.985807923@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:28:04 %2B0300." <3AC23B44.18AA6956@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi>
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done. In message <3AC23B44.18AA6956@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi>, Vladimir Tchoukharev write s: >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 > -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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