Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:29:40 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> 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> In-Reply-To: <200002051221.EAA32967@freefall.freebsd.org>; from asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 04:21:44AM -0800 References: <200002051221.EAA32967@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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
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