#649915 Please use posix_fallocate()

Package:
tar
Source:
tar
Description:
GNU version of the tar archiving utility
Submitter:
Goswin von Brederlow
Date:
2011-12-30 16:33:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#649915#5
Date:
2011-11-24 19:26:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

when extracting files from a tarball the resulting size is known
beforehand. This should be communicated to the filesystem using
posix_fallocate() to allow the filesystem to place the file better,
idealy as one continious block.

MfG
	Goswin