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Dennis Lundberg moved SANDBOX-282 to COMPRESS-17:
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Component/s: (was: Compress)
Affects Version/s: (was: Nightly Builds)
Key: COMPRESS-17 (was: SANDBOX-282)
Project: Commons Compress (was: Commons Sandbox)
> TAR formaT unspecified
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>
> Key: COMPRESS-17
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMPRESS-17
> Project: Commons Compress
> Issue Type: Bug
> Environment: I use win xp sp3, but this is probably irrelevant.
> Reporter: Sam Smith
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> 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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