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authorJim Gifford <jim@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-03-20 04:58:47 +0000
committerJim Gifford <jim@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-03-20 04:58:47 +0000
commit5c0f191523d165d081d8e8998cd6ff8ae3214d6f (patch)
treec4ea6450b22939720cbf5e7ede7efeae3a9f47c2 /chapter06/tar.xml
parent1ebedff6f32046bd090a9a9becdd09e1db7d0fdd (diff)
Fixed: tar -S issue
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4788 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Tar</title>
+<para>Tar has bug when the -S option is used with files over
+4 GB. The following patch properly fixes that issue</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin</userinput></screen>