Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 18:54:46 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: "John W. De Boskey" <jwd@freebsd.org>, Current List <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar : needs some attention? Message-ID: <20001106185446.I597@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011060809130.27477-100000@zeppo.feral.com>; from mjacob@feral.com on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:09:53AM -0800 References: <20001106080532.A72115@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011060809130.27477-100000@zeppo.feral.com>
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:09:53AM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, John W. De Boskey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Each night I run a 'make release' and then tar it off to > > a public storage area... > > > > For some time now, tar has been complaining... > > > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t32: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t33: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t34: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t35: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t36: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t37: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t38: minor number too large; not dumped > > tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t39: minor number too large; not dumped > > > > Is this the expected behaviour, or is it worth digging into > > tar and making some fixes? > > Nope. Expected behaviour for interoperability with other unix systems. FWIW I think I also have seen this on Tru64 (at least once) -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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