>Number:         19916
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       pax-as-tar doesn't handle -L
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 18 18:05:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas Klausner
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6L
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD dmath5.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at 1.6L NetBSD 1.6L (RAFFAELO) #0: Fri Jan 17 15:17:52 CET 2003 wiz@dmath5.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at:/home/wiz/cvs/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAFFAELO i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
pax-as-tar does not support the -L option.
GNU tar man page (for 1.11.2) describes this as:
     -L number
     --tape-length number    Change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes.

>How-To-Repeat:
tar -L 1 ...
>Fix:
Implement it.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: