Re: [Bug-tar] Support for Hurd translators

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Marco,

> Well, I've noticed it has support for this now so I want to add
> support for translators.  Is this already possible with the current
> state of tar and what do I need to do? 

Well, I believe it is possible. I am still continuing the code cleanup
(to be precise, the rewritten extract.c and buffer.c will soon be
added to the repository), but I guess this will not conflict with
your part of work. So give it a try!

> (Is there anything I should know before I start hacking?).

I'll prepare a detailed description for you later today.

Regards,
Sergey