On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:27:16PM +0100, Alexandre H wrote: > A file is rejected by tar : > > # cd /usr > # tar zcf ports.tar.gz ports/ > tar: File name too long for ustar > ports/sysutils/logstash/logstash/patches/patch-vendor_bundle_jruby_1_9_gems_logstash-core-1_5_3-java_lib_logstash_patches_stronger_openssl_defaults_rb
No longer happens in current, that's a 5.8 file. It's still funny, since tar recognizes extended attributes while reading, but can't create it. Same problem doesn't affect pkg tools, btw, as we do fully support these and have for a while.