For reasons unknown to myself, pax does not support archives > 2GB in size. Something about standards compliance, though I don't know what standards (POSIX?).
** Changed in: pax (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist -- Unable to create files larger than 2GB https://launchpad.net/bugs/56764 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
