samba4 tp4 tar ball broken (kind of...)

[Björn Jacke]

Hi Andrew,

On 2007-06-19 at 10:19 +1000 Andrew Bartlett sent off:
> > Recent GNU tar implementations support long path names 
> > without using proprietary hacks by using the --format=pax or the 
> > --format=ustar switch. I think this should be used by default for 
> > making official Samba tar balls, what do you think?
> 
> My worry is what we would loose by doing it this way.  Do all relevant
> versions of GNU Tar read the pax or ustar format?

the option to *create* ustar archives exists since 2003, one would 
have to test how much longer ustar is supported in extract mode. But I 
think 4 years is long enough to say "all relevant versions" given the 
fact that we currently break with all other tar implementations.

Bjoern
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