Upgrading tar is something I've been wanting to do for over a
year. Anything to speed me along would be helpful.
Well, like the README file in src/gnu/usr.bin/tar says:
"This GNU tar 1.11.2. Please send bug reports, etc., to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a beta-test release. Please
I looked at the implementation of fast-read, and it doesn't look
too hard to adapt to the new version of tar. I could create
patches if there is interest
There is. Upgrading tar is something I've been wanting to do for over a
year. Anything to speed me along would be helpful.
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Alec Wolman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The version of tar that comes with freebsd (v1.11.2 with local
freebsd modifications) has a bug: if you attempt to copy large
files ( 2GB) it will silently truncate the large file.
...
There is a new version of gnu tar (v1.13) that has support for
large files.
