Author: jim
Date: 2005-03-19 21:58:47 -0700 (Sat, 19 Mar 2005)
New Revision: 4788

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml
Log:
Fixed: tar -S issue

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2005-03-20 04:29:45 UTC (rev 4787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2005-03-20 04:58:47 UTC (rev 4788)
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>March 19, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with tar 
-S</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>March 19, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to kernel security
 patch</para></listitem>
 

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml    2005-03-20 04:29:45 UTC (rev 4787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter03/patches.xml    2005-03-20 04:58:47 UTC (rev 4788)
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
+<term>Tar Sparse Fix Patch - 1 KB:</term>
+<listitem>
+<para><ulink url="&patches-root;tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch"/></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
 <term>Util-linux Cramfs Patch - 2kb:</term> <listitem>
 <para><ulink 
url="&patches-root;util-linux-&util-linux-version;-cramfs-1.patch"/></para>
 </listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml        2005-03-20 04:29:45 UTC (rev 4787)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/tar.xml        2005-03-20 04:58:47 UTC (rev 4788)
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 <sect2 role="installation">
 <title>Installation of Tar</title>
 
+<para>Tar has bug when the -S option is used with files over
+4 GB. The following patch properly fixes that issue</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i 
../tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
 <para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin 
--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen>

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