> > I violently agree on that point, but the limited conversations I've had with > > the tar maintainer so far indicates that AFAHIC, its linux that's broken. A > > new device number is a new disk and must be treated as such. > > Sumbit a patch adding an option to ignore the device number, and slap him > around a bit with a large trout ;)
I think that's especially true. If a user begins with a single full disk for their entire filesystem, uses tar to backup, and then later adds a second disk, copies everything from /usr and /home onto partitions there (making sure to preserve all interesting bits like ctime/mtime), and mounts them over the original directories, tar should not decide that every file in /usr and /home was deleted and recreated. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
