Re: [Bug-tar] Changing 'dev' in snapshot files?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

address@hidden wrote:

> it would be very useful to have a quick way to *modify* existing
> incremental files to reflect a new device number.  For example,
>   edit-snapshot-dev 0xfe00 0xe800 /path/to/snapshot/file
>
> So my questions are:
>  - is this a ridiculous idea?

Why, it seems reasonable enough to me. 

>  - does something like this exist in someone dev's ~/tmp directory?

No, not that I know of.

>  - if not, and if I write something, do you want to host it (e.g., in
>    contrib/)

No problem.  Note though, that adding anything to tar repository requires
some paperwork (signing assignment papers for FSF).  If it is OK with
you, let me know and I'll send you the necessary information.

Regards,
Sergey