Re: [Bug-tar] GNUTYPE_NAMES dangerous

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sorry, I didn't understand your suggestion.  Would you prefer that
> I cut 1.16.1 now, or do you think it's better to wait until after
> you flush your local changes?

I'd prefer to wait until I flush my changes.
 
> > +Notice, that when speaking about ``excluding the directory'' we mean
> > +that the files and subdirectories it contains will not get into the
> > +archive, while the entry for the directory itself will
> 
> Is that actually the preferred semantics?  I would have thought that
> people would want the directory entry itself to be absent. 

Well, I simply documented the way tar works now.  I agree that it would
make more sense to omit the directory entry, and actually this is one of
the changes I want to incorporate before the release.

Regards,
Sergey