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Re: [Bug-tar] Re: AMTAR brokenness
>>> "Sergey" == Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> writes:
[...]
Sergey> Returning to the question which format should be chosen for
Sergey> distribution tarballs: I would recommend the 'ustar' format.
Sergey> It also has a limitation on the maximum length of stored pathnames,
Sergey> but the limitation is 256 characters, which is reasonably large.
Sergey> Besides, ustar archives can be read by any existing implementation
Sergey> of tar.
By the way, the pax manpage from the Heirloom Toolchest
(http://heirloom.berlios.de/man/pax.1.html) mentions that "due
to implementation errors, file names longer than 99 characters
can not considered to be generally portable" when taking about
the ustar format.
I think it's the only place where I've read this. Has anybody
seen such implementation? I'm tempted to think we shouldn't
care.
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz