Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:47:49 +0300 From: Vladimir Tchoukharev <chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/25620: tar does not handle existing large minor numbers Message-ID: <3AC4D4D4.7AE91C71@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> References: <98595.985807923@critter>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > done. Sorry for rising this again. I found in CVS the following: CVS log for src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/create.c ... Support 21-bit minor numbers. Avoid wasting a byte in their octal representation by generating the same format as tar-1.13 (use a single space as the terminator for 7-digit octal numbers). This is POSIX.1 conformant (2-byte terminators are just a bug or historical wart in old versions of gnu tar). All devices created by `MAKEDEV all' except rsa0.ctl can now be handled by tar(1). Perhaps this 21-bit size should be indicated too? Best regards, V. Tchoukharev > 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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