Re: [Bug-tar] tar keeps reporting "file changed as we read it" on random files

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/01/2015 11:19 PM, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
FYI:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2015-10/msg00021.html

In particular, see:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2015-10/msg00025.html

Most likely this is a bug in Mark's file system, not in tar.  Tar can't 
rely on mtime here, as applications can modify mtime to whatever they want.