Re: [Bug-tar] xsparse number format

Hi Richard, > 2. the spec is wrong Thanks for pointing that out. The description is wrong, indeed. All numbers are stored in decimal. I'll fix the docs. Regards, Sergey

[Bug-tar] [PATCH] Check for CAP_CHOWN on Linux before defaulting to --same-owner -p

tar defaults to --same-owner --same-permissions if the effective UID is ROOT_UID. On Linux, tar may be running as root with limited privileges, e.g., in a sandbox where arbitrary chown(2) is not allowed and thus --same-owner will fail. This adds a check for CAP_CHOWN. If tar is running as root with

[Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.30] testsuite: 92 failed

From the test log: ## -- ## ## Detailed failed tests. ## ## -- ## # -*- compilation -*- 92. difflink.at:17: testing link mismatch ... ./difflink.at:19: mkdir ustar (cd ustar TEST_TAR_FORMAT=ustar export TEST_TAR_FORMAT TAR_OPTIO