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Re: tar 1.13.19 and O_TEXT
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: tar 1.13.19 and O_TEXT |
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Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:26:09 -0700 (PDT) |
> From: "Kai-Uwe Rommel" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 19:02:35 +0200
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> The strange thing is that I noticed this on a RedHat Linux 7.1 system
> that even has tar 1.13.19 included as a precompiled package. Looks like
> RedHat modified this but never told you about that fix.
Yes, Red Hat doesn't inform me of fixes regularly. I have the vague
impression that their tar fixes are sometimes hacks that work around
integration problems or bugs in Red Hat's libraries, and aren't
intended to be useful generally.