TAR formaT unspecified
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Key: SANDBOX-282
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SANDBOX-282
Project: Commons Sandbox
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Compress
Affects Versions: Nightly Builds
Environment: I use win xp sp3, but this is probably irrelevant.
Reporter: Sam Smith
The TarArchive*putStream and Tar*putStream (e.g.
TarInputStream/TarOutputStream) javadocs say nothing about which specific TAR
format(s) they support.
They merely use the phrase "UNIX tar archive" which is WAY too generic of a
statement.
Here are some discussions on the various TAR formats:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Formats.html
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=tar§ion=5
I HIGHLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE POSIX.1-2001 SPECIFICATION, SINCE IT SOLVES SO
MANY ISSUES (e.g. it supports unlimited path lengths and file sizes).
Corollary, once you decide which TAR formats to support, this needs to be added
to the javadocs. Make sure that the javadocs discuss all limitations for
whatever format(s) are supported (especially on pathlengths, file sizes,
character sets, etc). Also make sure and include a hyperlink to a webpage that
describes the format standards.
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