Re: bin/46142: The cpio(1), pax(1) and tar(1) manpages need improvement

[Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/46142; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>, 
gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, Bug Hunting 
<bughunting%xs4all.nl@localhost>
Subject: Re: bin/46142: The cpio(1), pax(1) and tar(1) manpages need improvement
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:31:32 +0100

 Am 04.03.12 16:05, schrieb Thomas Klausner:
 
 [...]
 
 >  > Index: bin/pax/tar.c
 >  > ===================================================================
 >  > RCS file: /cvsroot/src/bin/pax/tar.c,v
 >  > retrieving revision 1.68
 >  > diff -u -r1.68 tar.c
 >  > --- bin/pax/tar.c 3 Nov 2011 21:59:45 -0000       1.68
 >  > +++ bin/pax/tar.c 4 Mar 2012 14:27:43 -0000
 >  > @@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
 >  >  static const char LONG_LINK[] = "././@LongLink";
 >  >  
 >  >  #ifdef _PAX_
 >  > -char DEV_0[] = "/dev/rst0";
 >  > -char DEV_1[] = "/dev/rst1";
 >  > -char DEV_4[] = "/dev/rst4";
 >  > -char DEV_5[] = "/dev/rst5";
 >  > -char DEV_7[] = "/dev/rst7";
 >  > -char DEV_8[] = "/dev/rst8";
 >  > +char DEV_0[] = "/dev/nrst0";
 >  > +char DEV_1[] = "/dev/nrst1";
 >  > +char DEV_4[] = "/dev/nrst4";
 >  > +char DEV_5[] = "/dev/nrst5";
 >  > +char DEV_7[] = "/dev/nrst7";
 >  > +char DEV_8[] = "/dev/nrst8";
 >  >  #endif
 >  >  
 >  >  static int
 >  
 >  Can someone please confirm if this patch is ok?
 
 I don't understand why this change is requested or why it should be
 good.  The only difference is that rstX are rewinding tape devices and
 nrstX are non-rewinding tapes (they rewind on close).