Subject: bin/3254: dump bd NUM NUM overrides blocksize
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Juergen Hannken-Illjes <hannken@eis.cs.tu-bs.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/24/1997 23:38:41
>Number: 3254
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: dump bd NUM NUM overrides blocksize
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 24 14:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Juergen Hannken-Illjes
>Organization:
TU Braunschweig; Abt. EIS
>Release: <NetBSD-current source date>tar balls as of Feb 22, 1997
>Environment:
System: NetBSD home 1.2C NetBSD 1.2C (CUSTOM) #46: Sun Feb 23 18:17:36 MET 1997 hannken@home:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CUSTOM i386
>Description:
Running 'dump bd 20 50000' results in a block size of 32 instead of the desired 20.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run 'dump bd 20 50000' and get a dump blocked as 32 kByte records.
>Fix:
Half fix is already there. 'bflag' is used but not set.
--- main.c.orig Mon Jul 1 21:11:59 1996
+++ main.c Mon Feb 24 23:32:07 1997
@@ -144,4 +144,5 @@
case 'b': /* blocks per tape write */
ntrec = numarg("blocks per write", 1L, 1000L);
+ bflag = 1;
break;
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