Re: [Bug-tar] xattr support on Linux

[Pavel Raiskup]

> BTW: converting name/value pairs with unknown meaning into something
> different (as UTF-8) may cause problems and is not needed as the meta
> data in extended tar headers is binary clean due to it's length tag.

Jorg, the problem is that the character '=' may really cause problems.
Stored xtended keyword and value are binary clean but there is no
unambiguous method how to restore xattr pax header when the keyword
contains '=' character(s).

Do you think that the solution here is suitable also for star?

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2012-10/msg00025.html

I definitely don't want to make any incompatibilities in that case between
GNU tar and star -- but I think that this issue has to be solved somehow.
Do you have a better idea?

Thanks for discussion,
Pavel