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Re: CVS commit: src/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/libarchive

To: Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/libarchive
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:15:11 +0200

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 02:55:06PM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> Personally I'm not quite sure if I want a tar tool to convert between
> encodings. Is the base encoding included in the tar file?

Officially (AFAICT) ustar format only supports ASCII, everything else
is a grey area. Best option is to use pax format, where the filename
is guaranteed to be UTF8 encoded.

Martin

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