Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 01:09:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, bde@zeta.org.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw Subject: Re: Quantum hardware errors (Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:87,0) Message-ID: <199506070809.BAA01244@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199506070803.SAA07793@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Jun 7, 95 06:03:14 pm
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> It's too dangerous to leave special files with the wrong minors lying > around. > > I hoped to fix tar, cpio and pax to at least complain about the > truncation. How about skipping special files that can't be stored > without loss? yes, with a warning. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?
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