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Re: [URGENT] sparc boot-floppies rebuilt, need install when available



On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:41:59PM +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> > Because of a problem with the busybox tar on the boot-floppies, the sparc
> > base2_2.tgz, when untar'd, was causing / to become mode 644. I have put a
> > minor fix in boot-floppies CVS to fix this, and am recompiling the sparc
> > boot-floppies at this very moment. I should have them in incoming within a
> > few hours.
> 
> Is this a sparc-specific problem, or are other arch'es also affected? (I mean,
> the fact that you fixed CVS does suggest so...)

Other archs have the problem in tar, but the sparc base2_2.tgz seems to be
the only one that tickles the problem in such as way as to cause a visible
problem. IOW, it was only a show stopper for sparc.

Ben

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