--On Friday, October 11, 2002 15:11:00 -0400 Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 11 October 2002 12:58, Frank Smith wrote: > >> Possible unrelated problem for you: does anyone on the list >> remember if tar 1.13 was one of the versions with the bad index >> file problem (the infamous 'big numbers')? >> >> Frank > > That was officially fixed with 1.13-19 Frank, it and 1.13-25 both > seem to work just fine. > > What burns me a bit is that the usual tar --version, doesn't eject > the minor number, so thery are all 1.13's. One must forcibly > remove any tar thats there, and reinstall a known good one to be > sure. > Hmm, on my Debian linux server here I get: # /usr/local/bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19 and on one of my Solaris boxes: # /usr/local/bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 Both were compiled from source, but even on a RedHat 7.2 box I see: #/bin/tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19 Maybe they started including the minor number in the version string somewhere along the line. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
