Re: [linux 2.6 patch] ext2 support for hurd extensions via xattr interface

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > > GNU tar also supports POSIX archives since some months.  I
   > > wrote a patch for GNU tar to support passive translators
   > > (GNU.translator).  It should not be too hard to support this on
   > > GNU/Linux as well.
   > 
   > If you reformulate it as generic xattr support that interoperates
   > with star's archives, then it won't need any Hurd-specific code
   > and that would be the best thing to go into GNU tar.

   What do you mean?  Should I add support for xattr for the Hurd to
   glibc?

He means that you should add xattr support to GNU tar.