lastlog devours universe

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 11:41:47AM -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> If I understand correctly, tar will only handle sparse files properly if
> told to explicitly, using the --sparse flag.  Unless tar defaults to
> handling sparse intelligently without the flag, 85% of all fedora sysadmins
> are going to be really pissed.


85%? Wow. That's a large number of people getting angry at themselves for
not knowing something that they could find out easily and which has been the
case for years and years.

So, anyway, are you suggesting that the Fedora kernel be patched to no
longer handle sparse files, or what?




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