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Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar 1.22.91(b) on Darwin 9.8.0
From: |
Sergey Poznyakoff |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] GNU tar 1.22.91(b) on Darwin 9.8.0 |
Date: |
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:12:20 +0200 |
Hi Denis,
> The testsuite is OK except for the item #28 (extracting selected
> members from pax), where
> a sparse file is used. Since Darwin HFS is not capable of sparse
> files, this test, unless
> it is modified, should deserve skipping, in the same way as the other
> sparse*.at's.
I see. Definitely, it should be skipped in such case. I'll try to
figure out a reliable way of detecting whether the FS supports sparse
files or not.
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Sergey