On 10 Dec 2021 08:38, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-12-09 at 21:40 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has
> > supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have
> > said the default will change in a future version
On 12/10/21 16:43, Mike Frysinger wrote:
POSIX formally standardized this over 20 years ago.
Well, to be fair POSIX standardized both pax and ustar format, and
they're both still part of the POSIX standard. Switching to a standard
format wouldn't necessarily mean that we'd switch to pax, and
Have the build & NEWS files warn that the --format value is changing.
This has been documented in the manual for almost 20 years, but not
everyone reads the manual.
* NEWS: Update
* README: Document DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT will be changing.
* configure.ac: Add warning if DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT is n
On 10 Dec 2021 17:23, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 12/10/21 16:43, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > POSIX formally standardized this over 20 years ago.
>
> Well, to be fair POSIX standardized both pax and ustar format, and
> they're both still part of the POSIX standard. Switching to a standard
> format wou
The posix standard has been released for over 20 years, and tar has
supported it for almost as long (at least since 2004). The docs have
said the default will change in a future version for almost as long,
so lets finally actually switch it.
* NEWS: Update.
* configure.ac (DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT)
