* RE: tar error on device node /dev/ptmx
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@ 2006-05-26 9:32 ` Dave Korn
2006-05-26 19:58 ` Charles Wilson
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From: Dave Korn @ 2006-05-26 9:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thread TITTTL'd!
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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