tar : needs some attention?

Hi, Each night I run a 'make release' and then tar it off to a public storage area... For some time now, tar has been complaining... tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t32: minor number too large; not dumped tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t33: minor number too large; not dumped tar:

Re: tar : needs some attention?

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, John W. De Boskey wrote: Hi, Each night I run a 'make release' and then tar it off to a public storage area... For some time now, tar has been complaining... tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t32: minor number too large; not dumped tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t33: minor

Re: tar : needs some attention?

-On [20001106 17:10], John W. De Boskey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t39: minor number too large; not dumped Is this the expected behaviour, or is it worth digging into tar and making some fixes? I am hoping to update tar soon these weeks. Don't know yet if that's

Re: tar : needs some attention?

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:09:53AM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, John W. De Boskey wrote: Hi, Each night I run a 'make release' and then tar it off to a public storage area... For some time now, tar has been complaining... tar:

Re: tar : needs some attention?

John W. De Boskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t39: minor number too large; not dumped Is this the expected behaviour, Expected behavior; you can't store 32-bit minor numbers in tar's archive format. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL

Re: tar : needs some attention?

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: -On [20001106 17:10], John W. De Boskey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: tar: cdrom/disc2/dev/acd0t39: minor number too large; not dumped Is this the expected behaviour, or is it worth digging into tar and making some fixes? I am