Elie Le Vaillant <eolien55_AT_disroot.org> wrote:
> This leads to some archives begin recognized as malformed.
See for example
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/shtool-2.0.8.tar.gz.
Although it is old, and does not follow the ustar specification (that
forbids leading spaces), it is recognized by all the tar implementations
I've listed. I think it's a really minor adjustment, and that it's acceptable
considering we already have some code for dealing with pax compatibility
problems.
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