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-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter03/patches.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter06/tar.xml5
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b631b985d..90e886395 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
+<listitem><para>March 19, 2005 [jim]: Added patch to fix issue with tar -S</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>March 19, 2005 [matt]: Removed references to kernel security
patch</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml
index 262bcbedc..5a7ef4f08 100644
--- a/chapter03/patches.xml
+++ b/chapter03/patches.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ needed to build an LFS system:</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+<term>Tar Sparse Fix Patch - 1 KB:</term>
+<listitem>
+<para><ulink url="&patches-root;tar-&tar-version;-sparse_fix-1.patch"/></para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
<term>Util-linux Cramfs Patch - 2kb:</term> <listitem>
<para><ulink url="&patches-root;util-linux-&util-linux-version;-cramfs-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml
index a1da8c7f1..d21bd0c1a 100644
--- a/chapter06/tar.xml
+++ b/chapter06/tar.xml
@@ -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>