Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-14 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/13/21 21:56, Mike Frysinger wrote: for automake, the limitations in the default v7 catch people off guard (like filename limits). This is a good reason to switch formats. That being said, a downside of --format=pax is that it gratuitously uses pax extensions when not needed by the uses

Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

2021-12-14 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/13/21 22:02, Mike Frysinger wrote: LC_COLLATE=C tar \ --format=pax \ --sort=name \ --owner=0 --group=0 \ --pax-option=exthdr.name=%d/PaxHeaders/%f,atime:=0,ctime:=0 \ -cf foo.tar foo/ use of --mtime=0 is prob debatable. tzdb uses --pax-option='delete=atime,delete=ctime' i