[bug #15407] tar viewer displays internals of --posix .tar files

[Ludovic Drolez <savannah-bounces gnu org>]

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                 Summary: tar viewer displays internals of --posix .tar files
                 Project: GNU Midnight Commander
            Submitted by: ldrolez
            Submitted on: Sun 01/08/06 at 22:00
                Category: VFS
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: All versions
        Platform Version: All

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Details:

( from http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346037 )

After creating a tar file using tar's --posix option, e.g.
$ touch foo
$ tar --posix -cf foo.tar foo
the tar viewer of mc shows a directory "PaxHeaders.<number>" that
contains some information, probably stuff that cannot placed in the
regular tar header.

Please consider hiding this internal information as the usual "tar -tf"
does. I admit that it's very hard to learn more about the posix (2001)
format.






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