From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Feb 5 12:29:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from goliath.siemens.de (goliath.siemens.de [194.138.37.131]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C187B463A for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:29:23 -0800 (PST) X-Envelope-Sender-Is: andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de (at relayer goliath.siemens.de) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by goliath.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA19675 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:29:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA04651 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:29:48 +0100 (MET) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA01371 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:29:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:29:40 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier To: asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: aloke@vicor-nb.com, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/3552: the -L option of tar does not work properly with long tape lengths Message-ID: <20000205212940.A29460@internal> References: <200002051221.EAA32967@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200002051221.EAA32967@freefall.freebsd.org>; from asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 04:21:44AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 05-Feb-2000 at 04:21:44 -0800, asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > Synopsis: the -L option of tar does not work properly with long tape lengths FYI, I am using tar (GNU tar) 1.13.17 with -L 20000000 without any problem. > State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed > State-Changed-By: asmodai > State-Changed-When: Sat Feb 5 04:20:26 PST 2000 > State-Changed-Why: > tar 1.13 clears possibly all problems mentioned this > this PR. Now to find someone to upgrade it. Guess I am the > sucker for that. 2-3 month ago, when talking about PR# 14664, someone said he was in the middle of bringing a newer tar into FreeBSD. Unfortunately, I don't remember who it was... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message