⚓ T7271 clarify tar format of gpgtar in documentation
clarify tar format of gpgtar in documentation
clarify tar format of gpgtar in documentation
The current documentation claims that the "ustar" format is used. However T5754 and other commits show that we gpgtar already creates a format that uses extensions of the ustar format like the pax headers. gpgtar can do larger files long unicode filenames and more.
So it is closer to posix in https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Formats.html#Formats
But the documentation doc/tools.texi still has
texinfo
@command{gpgtar} encrypts or signs files into an archive. It is an
gpg-ized tar using the same format as used by PGP's PGP Zip.
@item --create
@opindex create
Put given files and directories into a vanilla ``ustar'' archive.
@item --extract
@opindex extract
Extract all files from a vanilla ``ustar'' archive.
@item --skip-crypto
@opindex skip-crypto
Skip all crypto operations and create or extract vanilla ``ustar''
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bernhard set External Link to https://mstdn.social/deck/@GnuPG/113011825339406300.Aug 23 2024, 5:05 PM
gpgtar is compatible to PGP Desktop's format which they call ZIP. This is technically ustar with the most common extensions. Don't let us go into yet another TAR format discussion.