There is a simple way to mitigate this to some extent (seems to help
with chmod/chown, but not with the queue backup when untarring
something) though I doubt it is safe only because it is purposefully
excluded from the code:

At the beginning lfs_writevnodes() in lfs_segment.c, change the #if 0
to 1 so that it starts with the newest instead of oldest vnode.

Unfortunately I havent thought of any better way to do this yet, as
most likely doing so is beyond my ability. :(

--Blair

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