Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergey> able to produce correct 'ustar' archives. Whatever > Sergey> options you give to previous versions of GNU tar, the > Sergey> produced archives will deviate from the standard. > > Ouch! Is that a `will always deviate' or a `can deviate in some > conditions (like -o does)'?
It is "will always deviate". > So as I sees it the question is: in this conditions, will > old-GNU-tar-without-o deviate more from ustar than > old-GNU-tar-with-o deviates from V7? The "distance" between the produced archive and the required format will be almost the same in both cases. The main difference when using -o is that archives produced with this option do not contain symbolic ownership information (usernames/group names). Regards, Sergey
