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Subject:	Re: tar error on device node /dev/ptmx
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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.
> 
>   Jeremiah Lott
>   TimeSys Corporation
> 

Ask your cube-mate Chris about it. ;-)

More seriously, did you try the same with a snapshot?
<http://cygwin.com/snapshots/>


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