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 -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
