beta $ gzip -dc ../src/openssl-1.1.1c.tar.gz | tar -xf -
tar: pax_global_header: typeflag 'g' not recognized, converting to
regular file
beta $
Must be a gnu tar thing?
Hi Dennis,
it's not a bug, it's a feature. ;-)
No seriously: it's the `git archive` command which is used to export the tree
into a tarfile. It adds an extended header containing the commit hash of the
commit which was exported. Older tar programs don't know how to deal
with that header and are a bit confused about it.
Yep. Old POSIX tar just coughed up a one line pax_global_header file :
52 comment=97ace46e11dba4c4c2b7cb67140b6ec152cfaaf4
We had a similar discussion after 1.1.1b was released, it started here
https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/2019-February/009936.html
see in particular reply
https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/2019-February/009949.html
and the links to the LKML which it contains
https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/18/5
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=111909182607985&w=2
Perfectly harmless feature. Thank you for the detailed reply.
Dennis
