On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:32:22 -0700, Brian Murray wrote: > diff --git a/src/xattrs.c b/src/xattrs.c > index df65460..ed8d4e5 100644 > --- a/src/xattrs.c > +++ b/src/xattrs.c > @@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ xattrs_matches_mask (const char *kw, struct > xattrs_mask_map *mm) > return false; > } > > +/* during extraction xattrs are checked against the user supplied > + include/exclude mask but if no mask is given then only the user.* > + domain is included as it may not be compatible across platforms. */
Should this last line be something like "...included, as other domains may be incompatible across platforms and should not be applied without an explicit user request." ? On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:15:05 -0700, Brian Murray wrote: > diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1 > index 18136cf..1bb9d30 100644 > --- a/doc/tar.1 > +++ b/doc/tar.1 > @@ -604,7 +604,9 @@ Enable SELinux context support. > Disable SELinux context support. > .TP > .B \-\-xattrs > -Enable extended attributes support. > +Enable extended attributes support. When creating an archive > +\fB\-\-xattrs\-include\fR defaults to \fB'*'\fR and when extracing an > +archive \fB\-\-xattrs\-include\fR defaults to \fB'^user.*'\fR. s/extracing/extracting/ Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239