From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1267C158020 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CDC50E0825; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4040E0825 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80F58340E1C for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C988B72F for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:05 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1668370779.fe6a88cc8debf6f310da7b75b389997add9c48d9.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] data/glep:master commit in: / X-VCS-Repository: data/glep X-VCS-Files: glep-0078.rst X-VCS-Directories: / X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: fe6a88cc8debf6f310da7b75b389997add9c48d9 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: fbcce250-84e0-42b4-b3ca-40313d5c163b X-Archives-Hash: f85d5f696444cdc7235eb4cc04167470 commit: fe6a88cc8debf6f310da7b75b389997add9c48d9 Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Wed Sep 21 17:50:30 2022 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Sun Nov 13 20:19:39 2022 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=fe6a88cc glep-0078: Link tar format to the respective standards Signed-off-by: Michał Górny gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org> glep-0078.rst | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0078.rst b/glep-0078.rst index e841f00..994c023 100644 --- a/glep-0078.rst +++ b/glep-0078.rst @@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ ignore unknown files but preserve them across package updates. Permitted .tar format features ------------------------------ -The tar archives should use either the POSIX ustar format or a subset -of the GNU format with the following (optional) extensions: +The tar archives should use either the POSIX ustar format as defined +by POSIX.1-2017 [#POSIX-USTAR]_ or a subset of the ustar-compatible +GNU tar format as described in the GNU tar manual [#GNU-TAR]_ with +the following (optional) extensions: - long pathnames and long linknames, @@ -629,6 +631,13 @@ References written in C (https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-portage/portage-utils) +.. [#POSIX-USTAR] The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 + edition, pax - portable archive interchange, ustar Interchange Format + (https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html#tag_20_92_13_06) + +.. [#GNU-TAR] GNU tar: an archiver tool, Appendix E Tar Internals + (https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Tar-Internals.html) + .. [#DEB-FORMAT] deb(5) — Debian binary package format (https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/dpkg-dev/deb.5.en.html)