Hi,I propose to close both of these bugs with wontfix: GNU tar archives and recreates (extracts) sparse files efficiently. If one doesn't archive swap files and the like frequently, it's easiest to add "--format=posix --sparse" to TAR_OPTIONS.
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Compression.html#SEC128 Cheers, lacos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
