From: Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org>
Subject: Re: tar(1) write format selection
To: Jeremie Courreges-Anglas <jca@wxcvbn.org>
Cc: Caspar Schutijser <caspar@schutijser.com>, tech@openbsd.org
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:35:00 -0600

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:48:30 +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote:

> Diff for that below.  Since ustar_id() matches both on pax and ustar
> archives, we need a more specialized function.  pax format should also
> come first in ford[].
>
> Note: AFAIK it is legal to have a pax archive that doesn't start with
> a global or extended header, in that case we will fallback to ustar
> for appending.

OK millert@

 - todd