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30.0.50; Tar mode @PaxHeader bug

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Message #37 received at 64686-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: emacs-hacker2017 <at> jovi.net
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 64686-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64686: 30.0.50; Tar mode @PaxHeader bug
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:02:43 +0300

> Cc: 64686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:38:17 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:31:39 -0400
> > From: Devon Sean McCullough <emacs-hacker2017 <at> jovi.net>
> > 
> > $ wget 
> > https://f-droid.org/repo/com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder_36_src.tar.gz
> > $ emacs --no-init-file --no-site-file 
> > com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder_36_src.tar.gz
> > 
> > should show something like the output of
> > 
> > $ tar -tvz < com.simplemobiletools.voicerecorder_36_src.tar.gz
> > 
> > instead of spurious ././@PaxHeader lines
> > interleaved with truncated long file names.
> 
> Thanks.  In a nutshell, tar-mode didn't support Posix-standard pax
> extended headers.  Should be fixed now on the master branch.
> 
> P.S. Thanks to Stefan who found a subtle bug in the prototype of this
> fix.

No further comments, so I assume the issue can be closed now.

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