Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.15.1 fails creating multivol tape archive, outputs incorrect error

[Joerg Schilling]

Joerg Schilling <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Joerg Schilling <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Tar does not support this way of multi volume at all.
> > [...]
> > > I did report this bug at least 2 years ago....
> >
> > Could you be more specific, please? What 'way of multi volume'
> > does tar not support? What bug are you talking about?
>
> You talk about problems creating multi volume tar archives,
> so I thought you would understand.
>
> GNU tar is not tar....
>
> GNU tar rejects continuation volumes with a probability of ~ 5%
>
> It seems that your problem is related to an attempt to fix this
> problem.

Sorry for the confusion, I thought you were the reporter of the problem....

GNU tar has problems when one tape from a multi volume archive 
ends exactly at the end of one file or when the split takes place inside
a speudo file that holds file meta data.

For more excact information, it is too long ago for me to remember.

Jörg

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