Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:09:53 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Current List <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tar : needs some attention? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011060809130.27477-100000@zeppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <20001106080532.A72115@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, John W. De Boskey wrote: > Hi, > > Each night I run a 'make release' and then tar it off to > a public storage area... > > For some time now, tar has been complaining... > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t32: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t33: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t34: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t35: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t36: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t37: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t38: minor number too large; not dumped > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t39: minor number too large; not dumped > > Is this the expected behaviour, or is it worth digging into > tar and making some fixes? Nope. Expected behaviour for interoperability with other unix systems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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