"Robert B. Carleton" <rbc@rbcarleton.net> writes:
> I think pax(1) may be mis-attributing errors to Ustar when using other
> formats. I've been seeing this kind of error when using the pax format:
>
> "pax: Ustar cannot archive a socket /home/example/.cache/at-spi/bus_0"
>
> Otherwise pax seems to be working okay. The file(1) command reports the
> archive as being pax format. I can then extract files from the archive
> so I'm not concerned with its operation.
>
> I noticed it just before OpenBSD 7.6 was released, so I've observed the
> behavior with both 7.5 and 7.6.
A correction. file(1) reports "POSIX tar archive" for both pax and ustar
archives.
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