Re: tar error on device node /dev/ptmx

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:10:44PM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> > Lott, Jeremiah wrote:
> > > I'm having a problem extracting a tar that contains the device node
> > > /dev/ptmx (character device 5,2).  Tar creates the file, then segfaults.
> > > I originally detected this with a rather large tar created on a linux
> > > machine.  However, this can be re-produced entirely on cygwin as in the
> > > following transcript.  Other device nodes seem to work OK.
> > Ask your cube-mate Chris about it. ;-)
>
> I told Jeremiah to send email here.  It's hard to shout across a 500
> mile cube.

Yes, my obscure reference really only served to confuse most list readers.
But I just couldn't resist. ;-)  Thanks for clarifying the situation for
everyone though.

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