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On 04/27/2011 09:50 AM, Dan Grayson wrote:
> Here is a patch to tar that fixes the problem by using mtime instead of c=
time.
> Yes, it's not a problem with cygwin or tar, but I see no way for users to
> figure out, under Windows, which processes are changing the status of the=
ir
> files.

Thanks for the investigation and patch.  mtime is easy to spoof, but
this seems like a reasonable patch to avoid the worst of the BLODA
issues.  I'll probably apply it and push out a new cygwin tar build
soon.  I think the patch should remain cygwin-only, and not go upstream.

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Eric Blake   eblake AT redhat DOT com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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