Excerpts from Jason Gerard DeRose's message of 2014-05-08 16:45:23 UTC: > Stéphane, > > Gotcha, thanks for the feedback! So am I correct in thinking that the > --xattrs option is currently broken in tar on 14.04? If so, is there any > chance this could be fixed in an SRU? >
No, --xattrs works fine in 14.04. The problem is that it must be used. Note that you also have to use --xattrs-include=* while creating the tar to make use of it (which is, IMO, a bug, as if I said --xattrs, I meant _USE XATTRS_. ;) Anyway, another problem is that 12.04 tar does not support it, so the tarball images are not consumable from the previous release, which is a problem for a shop trying to upgrade. I think that may be a worthy SRU, as tars with xattrs will start to become more and more commonplace over the next 3 years that 12.04 is still a supported platform. Certainly somebody should get 14.04's tar into precise-backports while this SRU is debated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313550 Title: ping does not work as a normal user on trusty tarball cloud images. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/curtin/+bug/1313550/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
