Re: Incorrect information in the manual about the tar-v7 option

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I'd say that old, limited, non-standard formats are likely to be less
> tested than current ones, thus they are more likely to have problems
> with new tools.

Why would you say that?  Are you saying that the millions of tar files 
already out there have recently been rendered no good?

The several tar format variants have various limitations such as on 
file name length, path name length, UID values, and file size. 
Research is required to know which one is "best", and it is not 
necessarily the most recent standard version.

Bob
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