Re: [Bug-tar] No documentation for recognized options '--xattrs' and '--acls'

[Pavel Raiskup]

On Wednesday 02 of March 2016 22:59:21 James Stronz wrote:
> No documentation for recognized options '--xattrs' and '--acls'. I tested
> the options and no error is thrown. Whether or not they function properly,
> I am not sure. The platform it was tested on is ArchLinux.

This is worth having upstream, but you can use the patch 5 from [1]
locally (or for your distribution).  Ping for the upstream fix :).

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2012-08/msg00012.html

Pavel