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

[Joerg Schilling]

"Linda A. Walsh" <address@hidden> wrote:

>
>
> Pavel Raiskup wrote:
>
> > When --acls option is on (regardless of tarball contents or
> > tarball format), we should explicitly set OR delete default ACLs
> > for extracted directories.  Prior to this update, we always
> > created arbitrary default ACLs based standard file permissions.
> > 
> ----
> Why would tar create any acls if there are none in the source tar?
>
> I saw someone else have a similar complaint about acls being created
> when the tar didn't have acls but the --acls option was used.

If gtar adds  ACLs to archives in case there are only the hisorical UNIX 
permissiond, it is buggy because it does not follow the definition
of the ACL enhancements.

On the extract side: I did already mention that gtar is buggy because it does 
not delete existing ACLs in case that a file was archives without ACLs.

Jörg

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