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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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