bin/9123: pax can't read tar archives that contain files > 4GB

[Tim Kientzle]

The following reply was made to PR bin/9123; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle at freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org, rtm at eecs.harvard.edu
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris at freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: bin/9123: pax can't read tar archives that contain files > 4GB
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 10:32:21 -0700

 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/9123
 
 Is this still a problem?  I've tested it and it looks
 fixed in -CURRENT (as of a couple of years ago).
 
 (Of course, pax still can't handle entries >=8g,
 a limitation not present in bsdtar, star, or even
 gtar.  Maybe it's time to start on a libarchive-based
 pax implementation. ;-)
 
 If there are no objections, I'll close this.
 
 Tim