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SubjectRe: us.kernel.org mirroring inconsistency
Hi Matt.

> matti> bunzip2 < your.interesting.tar.bz2 | tar tvv

> rhw> I can't try that at the moment,

> BEFORE you make wild statements like the following, PLEASE try it
> for yourself, before you decide to post your "authoritative"
> reponse to this mailing list.

I most certainly DID try doing "man tar" and found the very fact I
pointed out clearly stated therein. I've just done so again, and I
quote from the tar manpage:

Q> OTHER OPTIONS
Q> :
Q> -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
Q> use archive file or device F (default /dev/rmt0)

Perhaps you can advise whether that comment is in YOUR tar manpage as
well?

> Why is it that the majority of your emails to this list start with
> "I can't try this at the moment" or "I'm not expert on this" or
> similar, and you usually end up being wrong?

Two points:

1. I very rarely say either, and I believe this is only the fifth
time in two years that I've done so. I've posted far more than
five emails in that time...

2. The evidence indicates that I'm NOT wrong on this occasion as
the tar manpage appears to state exactly what I said it does.

> rhw> but if the tar manpage is any guide,

Note that line...

> rhw> that won't work as tar without the -f assumes /dev/rmt0 as the
> rhw> input source, and that doesn't even exist on my system...

Which is true /dev/rmt0 doesn't exist on my system...

> live:/tmp# bunzip2 < kernel.tar.bz2 |tar tvv
> drwxr-xr-x kemner/src 0 1998-12-29 12:44 linux.ac/
> -rw-r--r-- kemner/kemner 12630 1998-12-11 10:45 linux.ac/Makefile
> drwxr-xr-x kemner/src 0 1998-12-29 12:44 linux.ac/fs/
> -rw-r--r-- kemner/src 6155 1998-11-14 02:07 linux.ac/fs/stat.c
> -rw-r--r-- kemner/kemner 4942 1998-12-11 10:41 linux.ac/fs/Makefile
> -rw-r--r-- kemner/kemner 7899 1998-12-11 10:41 linux.ac/fs/read_write.c
> -rw-r--r-- kemner/src 7033 1998-11-14 02:07 linux.ac/fs/block_dev.c

> Works fine for me.
> live:/tmp# tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.12
> live:/tmp# dpkg -s tar
> Package: tar
> Version: 1.12-6

In other words, the tar manpage is wrong? Perhaps it should be
corrected...

> rhw> Q> bunzip2 < l*2.2*4*2 | tar tvvf -

> rhw> Does that help?

> That line works too, but requires an extra 3 characters that are
> unneeded, at least for recent versions of tar.

At least the manpage is right about something then 8-)

> rhw> As an example, here in the UK, most ISP's offer access for a
> rhw> flat monthly parment, with no charge beyond that. However,
> rhw> they do so on telephone numbers for which one is charged to
> rhw> dial to by the relevant telecom company, and THAT charge is by
> rhw> the second, and in some cases can be quite expensive...

> rhw> As far as I'm aware, the USA and Canada are the only two
> rhw> countries where local calls are free of charge. Certainly one
> rhw> pays for local calls in the UK...

> Here in Western Australia, most ISPs offer access for a flat
> monthly payment on a "normal" local telephone number. For customers
> to ring this number they pay AUS$0.25 (about U.S.$0.15) per call,
> whether the call is 10 seconds or 10 hours.

I don't suppose you could persuade British Telecom to provide a
similar service? There's several people in the UK whose budgets would
flow better if you did...

One thing though: If they were to be online for (say) 72 hours
non-stop, would anybody complain?

Best wishes from Riley.

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* ftp://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://ps.cus.umist.ac.uk/~rhw/kernel.versions.html


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