On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 05:58:56PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > - Where root filesystems are distributed as tarballs, they are not > currently created with --xattrs; this will need to be changed.
What about initramfs? CPIO doesn't support xattr: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] > - Users who are unpacking root tarballs need to take care to pass > --xattrs-include=* to tar. > - Users who are backing up or streaming Ubuntu root filesystems with tar or > rsync will need to take care to pass non-default xattr-preserving options > (tar --xattrs; rsync -X). How about making these default-enabled? Hoping people will remember seems fragile. > - GNU tar's xattrs format incompatible with other unpack implementations > (e.g. libarchive)[1]. Anyone using another unpacker will necessarily > end up without fscaps. Seems like these unpackers should be fixed? -Kees -- Kees Cook -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
