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Subject: Re: tar error on device node /dev/ptmx
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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:10:44PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>Lott, Jeremiah wrote:
>>I'm having a problem extracting a tar that contains the device node
>>/dev/ptmx (character device 5,2).  Tar creates the file, then segfaults.
>>I originally detected this with a rather large tar created on a linux
>>machine.  However, this can be re-produced entirely on cygwin as in the
>>following transcript.  Other device nodes seem to work OK.
>
>Ask your cube-mate Chris about it. ;-)

I told Jeremiah to send email here.  It's hard to shout across a 500
mile cube.

cgf

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