Package: mt-st Version: 1.1-5 Severity: minor Tags: patch Attached is a patch which improves the man page to say that 'mt erase' is a full erase (not a quick one, erasing just the file/end-of-tape marks).
-- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.14.12-ruru0 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mt-st depends on: ii libc6 2.18-7 mt-st recommends no packages. mt-st suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/stinit.def changed [not included] -- no debconf information
Author: Iustin Pop <ius...@debian.org> Description: Improve manual page for the erase subcommand --- a/mt.1 +++ b/mt.1 @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ .I count setmarks at current position (only SCSI tape). .IP erase -Erase the tape. +Erase the tape. Note that this is a long erase, which on modern +(high-capacity) tapes can take many hours, and which usually can't be +aborted. .IP status Print status information about the tape unit. (If the density code is "no translation" in the status output, this does not affect working of the
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