documentation: remove incorrect statement

Reported in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66704
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Sergey Poznyakoff
2025-03-14 09:04:47 +02:00
parent 31d84e2f67
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@@ -11769,10 +11769,8 @@ in chunks known as @dfn{records}. To change the default blocking
factor, use the @option{--blocking-factor=@var{512-size}} (@option{-b
@var{512-size}}) option. Each record will then be composed of
@var{512-size} blocks. (Each @command{tar} block is 512 bytes.
@xref{Standard}.) Each file written to the archive uses at least one
full record. As a result, using a larger record size can result in
more wasted space for small files. On the other hand, a larger record
size can often be read and written much more efficiently.
@xref{Standard}.) On some devices, a larger record size can be read
and written much more efficiently.
Further complicating the problem is that some tape drives ignore the
blocking entirely. For these, a larger record size can still improve