Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH 2/2] tar: set stdin/stdout to binary mode on OS/2 if not console

[Paul Eggert]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
What's the purpose of this?

If it needs to be done (which isn't clear to me either), I suggest using the 
gnulib binary-io module rather than having OS/2-specific code in the tar sources 
proper.