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Bug 683709 - portability: use tar-ustar instead of tar-pax
portability: use tar-ustar instead of tar-pax
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gvfs
Classification: Core
Component: general
1.12.x
Other OpenBSD
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: gvfs-maint
gvfs-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-09-10 10:09 UTC by Antoine Jacoutot
Modified: 2012-09-10 10:28 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
tar-pax -> tar-ustar (809 bytes, patch)
2012-09-10 10:09 UTC, Antoine Jacoutot 		accepted-commit_now Details | Review

Description Antoine Jacoutot 2012-09-10 10:09:28 UTC 
Created attachment 223894 [details] [review]
tar-pax -> tar-ustar

Hi.

This allows extracting the source tarballs using BSD tar(1) without
bogus PaxHeaders.XXXX directories lying around by running GNU tar(1) in compatibility mode.

Would it be alright if I pushed this?
Thanks.
Comment 1 Tomas Bzatek 2012-09-10 10:15:12 UTC 
Review of attachment 223894 [details] [review]:

Sure, other components seems to be using ustar already, feel free to commit.
Comment 2 Antoine Jacoutot 2012-09-10 10:28:47 UTC 
Thank you Thomas, committed.