Re: busybox tar doesn't handle device files properly
On Thu, Nov 11, 1999 at 09:58:49AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Wed Nov 10, 1999 at 11:09:52PM -0700, Matt Porter wrote:
> > The new busybox tar seems to be dumping device files as regular zero length
> > files. This causes some difficulty when trying to open /dev/console on
> > reboot of a freshly installed base system. :)
> >
> > Erik, can you take a look at this?
> >
>
> Oops, I thought I'd fixed that. Hmm. Expect a fix real soon.
I just checked in some working changes so it extracts them properly.
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Matt Porter
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