lastlog devours universe

Jonathan Corbet lwn-fedora-test at lwn.net
Thu Jun 9 12:38:03 UTC 2005


Michael Wiktowy <mwiktowy at gmx.net> wrote:

> Usually sensible defaults are the best way to go and if 99% of the time,
> you want your tar to "condense" sparse files, then it is likely best to
> make it do that by default.

My guess, offhand, is that the sparse file support is a non-standard
addition to the tar format.  I'm not sure how many people are still
using non-GNU tar implementations, but it still makes sense to be very
conservative in what you create.

jon




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