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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: Quantum hardware errors (Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:87,0)
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 01:09:16 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199506070803.SAA07793@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jun 7, 95 06:03:14 pm
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> It's too dangerous to leave special files with the wrong minors lying
> around.
> 
> I hoped to fix tar, cpio and pax to at least complain about the
> truncation.  How about skipping special files that can't be stored
> without loss?

yes, with a warning.

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?