James Wilson

Increasing the number of segments yields diminishing returns, though the 8-segment curve still looks like a perfect intersection at 64x magnification (worst case here is closer to r=1/9 and r=9),...

The version numbering for Snips' copy of `libatlas3-base` is problematic here, which explains why the workaround needs the explicit instruction `sudo apt install libatlas3-base=3.10.3-8+rpi1`. Buster's version number is `3.10.3-8+rpi1` which...

It appears a likely cause of this is that the tape is positioned at a file mark where the current block doesn't contain any data.

@jmwilson, Debian + FreeBSD, amd64, HP LTO-6

Is it possible to build with SCSI debugging on and dump the output? Unfortunately it has to be given at compile time. ``` ./autogen.sh && ./configure --with-scsi-debug && make sudo...

According to the following, I don't think this is doable: - no built-in SCSI tape driver - no `mtio.h` header file for tape control ioctls - no `mt` command available...