From: Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:04:47 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: documentation: remove incorrect statement
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documentation: remove incorrect statement

Reported in https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66704
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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