Re: [PATCH] change default --format from gnu to posix

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/10/21 16:43, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> POSIX formally standardized this over 20 years ago.

Well, to be fair POSIX standardized both pax and ustar format, and 
they're both still part of the POSIX standard. Switching to a standard 
format wouldn't necessarily mean that we'd switch to pax, and there 
might be reasons to switch to ustar (or to a ustar subset) if we're 
going to switch at all.


> * what projects/versions exactly are impacted ?
> * what systems (i.e. OS/distros) exactly are impacted ?

I think Michał was attempting to cite this:

https://mgorny.pl/articles/portability-of-tar-features.html