Re: [PATCH] make st seekable again

[Alan Cox]

On Iau, 2005-03-10 at 16:56, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>  - leave it the way it is
>  - fix the hole and break tar
>  - wait for FSF to fix tar, then fix the hole
>  - try to fix it without breaking tar, which may not be really possible
>    and could leave part of the problem and still break tar somehow
>  - fix it, and leave the admin a way to build a kernel with the hole other
>    than just reverting the fix

If we "fix" it the FSF will probably take years.  If your vendor can't
produce a fixed tar when asked and the issue comes up, get a better
vendor ;)

Alan

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