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@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-2001-11-27  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
+2001-12-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
 
        * Version 4.1.3.
 
+       Don't emulate dd's skip=N for *all* character devices;  lseek works
+       just fine on non-tape character devices like /dev/mem and /dev/kmem.
+       * src/dd.c (buggy_lseek_support) [__linux__]: Emulate `skip=N'
+       behavior using reads, not lseek for Linux tape devices (major == 9).
+       Kernel lseek support for tapes is broken, up to and including
+       linux-2.4.16.  Reported by Herbert Xu.
+
+2001-11-27  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
+
        * tests/ls/rt-1: Compare all lines of output.
        Update code to use `trap' and more up to date infrastructure.
 
@@ -2506,7 +2515,7 @@
 
 2000-08-24  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
 
-       Put back the kluge.  It's necessary after all.
+       Put back the kludge.  It's necessary after all.
        * src/dd.c (buggy_lseek_support): New function.
        (skip): Use it.
        Frank Adler reported that although _llseek returns 0, lseek