Re: [Bug-tar] Re: [PATCH] Extended attribute support for tar

[Joerg Schilling]

"Sergey Poznyakoff" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Joerg Schilling <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > >  This would mean the default would have to change when you enable that
> > > option[1], is there a reason to not allow it with the gnu format? Also
> > 
> > The "GNU tar" archive format is neither POSIX (not even POSIX.1-1988)
> > nor really compatible to historical tar formats.
>
> This is a well-known fact, stated in GNU tar documentation. It is hardly
> woth repeating the same thing over and over again. 

The person from redhat does not seem to know this, this is why I did repeat it.

BTW: as Linux seem to implement NFSv4 and as NFSv4 includes support for the
superior Solaris xattr interface, I would propose to implement a xattr archive
method that is based on Solaris xattrs. This is why I call the current star
implementation for Linux xarrts deprecated.

Solaris implements xattrs via a "files in a file" concept that has no real 
limits.

What we would need to do is to define a map mechanism between the Solaris xattr 
concept and the Linux xattr interface.

Is anybody interested in working on this kind of concept?

Jörg

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