Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:14:24 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Craig Boston <craig@xfoil.gank.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <42506AC0.7090705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200503300701.09895.craig@xfoil.gank.org> References: <20050327223238.GA749@polands.org> <20050329062550.GA69824@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <200503301139.j2UBdMp5016442@dungeon.home> <200503300701.09895.craig@xfoil.gank.org>
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Craig Boston wrote: > > gtar used to have problems with truncating device nodes to 16 bits; not that > it's as much of an issue in the modern era with devfs. If you really need such truncation, you can get it with --format=ustar in bsdtar. ;-) Tim
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