Package: wnpp Severity: normal This package dates from the tar 1.11 era, and basically provides a mechanism for allowing GNU tar to use the fast seek command that's part of DAT (DDS) tape drives. This is very handy if you need to restore a file from the middle of a tape. The package was always annoying to maintain, and when I stopped using a DDS drive some years ago I stopped paying much attention to it. I debated just asking for it to be removed from the archive, but decided to orphan it instead in case there's someone out there with a DDS drive still in routine use who would like to keep this going. Bdale
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