[Bug-tar] tar-snapshot-edit patch: support for signed fields

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

 On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 20:43:16 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> * src/incremen.c (read_incr_db_01, write_directory_file_entry):
> Allow negative time_t, dev_t, and ino_t.

Attached is a patch to the tar-snapshot-edit script to:
  * support architecture-specific field ranges for the "-c" function
  * better handle negative or larger-than-32-bit field values even
    when running in 32-bit Perl (for the default "print a summary"
    function)


                                                        Nathan

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tar-snapshot-edit_support_signed_fields.patch
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