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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 index a4ee020..3b425f6 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 @@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ archives together, but it does not; attempting to do so leaves the end-of-archive blocks in place for the second and subsequent archives. .Pp -The tar file format is a semi fixed width field format, and the field +The +.Nm +file format is a semi fixed width field format, and the field for device numbers were designed for 16 bit (8 major, 8 minor) and can not absorb our 32 bit (8 major, 16+8 minor) numbers. - |
