> Pax is mandated by POSIX.2 > Using the pax utility you can read both tar and cpio archives and > extended formats . > Recent experiments are that the available version of pax derived > from one of the BSD distributions handles cpio archives better than > cpio, but is a bit deficient in handle ustar format archives:-)
Given the free pax, and this being the only obvious deviation from the spec requirements is this worth the effort of being incompatible versus meeting the existing standards ?
