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From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] klibc requirements
Date10 Jan 2002 10:41:49 -0800
Followup to:  <20020110173029.7616f752.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
By author:    Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> HPA,
> 	gnu cpio (v 2.4.2) actually puts the contents in the *last*
> entry, for hardlinks in "newc" format.  This probably means you should
> specify that if it's a found tuple, and c_filesize is non-zero,
> overwrite the contents of the file.
> 

Check.  I must admit this greatly surprises me (since it means that it
needs to do more than one pass), but it certainly isn't making the
spec any more difficult.  As I said, it's a draft.

	-hpa
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