Re: [Bug-tar] adding ACLs when there are none

[Linda Walsh]

Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> These are IMO candidates for omitting --acls option, no?
>
> Or could you give an example?  What *exactly* do you expect the --acls
> should behave by default?  Combine existing acls in parent directory
> (default acls) with the stored in archive?
>
> Leaving default acls in the dir -- case in in point...
>   
If the SetGid bit is set on a directory on linux, it is usually propagated
to lower lower level dirs to permit a particular type of access to be
propagated to  lower level files and dirs.

If a default acl is set on a dir I see it used in the same way.