Re: device nodes extracted incorrectly in 1.5a64
Mike <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.archivers.star.user |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 05:55:42PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It appears that star 1.5a64 does not properly extract device > > nodes. The device minor number is in all cases the same as the major > > number (see below example). > > > > It is created correctly. A tar archive created with 1.5a64 is > > extracted correctly by 1.5a58. > > Try to use this patch: [...] That appears to have resolved the issue. Am I correct that this is only an extract/listing issue (the archive itself is not corrupt)? Minimal testing seems to confirm this. (I have backups made with 1.5a64 that I need to restore.)