Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262753AbVCJSPq (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:15:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262756AbVCJSLN (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:11:13 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:56208 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262761AbVCJSAa (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:00:30 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] make st seekable again From: Alan Cox To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Kai Makisara , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1110477516.28860.298.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:58:37 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 812 Lines: 20 On Iau, 2005-03-10 at 16:56, Bill Davidsen wrote: > - leave it the way it is > - fix the hole and break tar > - wait for FSF to fix tar, then fix the hole > - try to fix it without breaking tar, which may not be really possible > and could leave part of the problem and still break tar somehow > - fix it, and leave the admin a way to build a kernel with the hole other > than just reverting the fix If we "fix" it the FSF will probably take years. If your vendor can't produce a fixed tar when asked and the issue comes up, get a better vendor ;) Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/