Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 22:16:41 +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: <3AC4DB99.62BFF666@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> References: <20988.985978201@critter>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > Send a patch :-) > OK, you asked for it... $ diff -u tar.1.orig tar.1 --- tar.1.orig Fri Mar 30 21:56:26 2001 +++ tar.1 Fri Mar 30 22:08:33 2001 @@ -569,4 +569,5 @@ The tar file 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. +Currently it is extended to support 21-bit minor numbers. 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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