make backup fails with gnu tar-1.12/ ide-proc

Garst R. Reese (reese@isn.net)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:06:19 -0400

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tar complains 'Cowardly refusing to make empty archive'
gz of course fails in the same way with:
gz linux-2.1.78.tar.gz linux-2.1.78
I used this last on Dec. 10 then 'upgraded' to latest tar and patch
compiled under 2.1.72. libc5.4.38 has not changed.
I like the new patch, but beware that it does not default to making
backups (*.orig)
as the older version did. You have to use -b -V simple explicitly.
Furthermore tar-1.12 will not compile under 2.0.33 or 2.1.78/9

Question:
Does ide-proc.c have any functional purpose on a 486DX without PCI?
Gadi's patch let me compile, but the total code did not reveal to me any
purpose for a non PCI machine.

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Garst

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