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

[Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c%exoticsilicon.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 03:15:11PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> 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.

That's the default - pax extended headers are assumed to be utf-8 encoded
_unless_ hdrcharset is set to binary, in which case the data is just an octet
stream.