FIFOs break tar, others

[Karl Lehenbauer]

In article <9824 at steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, davidsen at steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>   Outside of reporting the bug in Ultrix, I think it would be useful for
> people to report their experiences, so that we get a feel for which
> systems exhibit the problem you mention.

OK, sorry.  Since I found the problem on both my Unix system at home and
the Xenix system at work, I assumed that it was more widespread than it
apparently is.  The bug appears in Microport System V/286 and on Xenix
as supplied by Intel for the Intel 310 multibus '286 box.
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