In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:

: Yes, I know it may be too late to be changed, but are there any hints whom
: to contact to get this "fixed"?

The upstream maintainer, of course.  Read the /usr/doc/tar/README.Debian file.

Also, note that if you pipe tar's output through cat or dd on the way to 
/dev/null, you won't trip the test for the special handling of /dev/null. 

: Am I the only one who dislikes this behavior?

I have no idea.  It doesn't bother me at all. 

Bdale


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