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From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
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Subject: RE: tar error on device node /dev/ptmx
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 09:32:00 -0000
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On 25 May 2006 19:20, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> 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


  <boggle>

  The cubes in your offices are a hundred and twentyfive million cubic miles
big?

  Isn't that taking open plan a bit far?

  How big are the offices?  You guys have more than one of those cubes?  I can
almost see the headlines now:

  BLACK HOLE FORMS IN TIMESYS OFFICES - SPACETIME CONTINUUM RUPTURED BY VAST
TRANSFINIDIMENSIONAL MEGACUBE -


.


.



.





           ... - THREE HIPPOS SLIGHTLY HURT ....


      cheers,
        DaveK
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