I've discussed the issue regarding extraction of xattrs with upstream developers of tar and discovered that only user.* extended attributes are extracted by default due to cross platform compatibility concerns[1]. Based on that discussion and the small number of programs utilizing extended attributes it was decided to not pursue making xattrs the default.
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2019-06/msg00002.html ** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785291 Title: tar --xattr and --xattr-include=* should be defaults To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/tar/+bug/1785291/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
