From 55ecb2831528e8b5b1116c44ddae0cb079918c29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:04:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: remove incorrect statement Reported in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66704 --- doc/tar.texi | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index 1d20bf36..8fb8c542 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -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