bug#74847: change default tar format from v7 to ustar (was: Re: reproducible tar archives)

>> Possibly automake can move from v7 to ustar. Possibly. What's the advantage? --thanks, karl.

bug#74847: change default tar format from v7 to ustar (was: Re: reproducible tar archives)

Hi automake folks, What do you think about changing Automake's default tar format from v7 to ustar? Are you aware of any system 'tar' that does doesn't cope with ustar? What do you think about defaulting to the --format=posix PAX format? It may be just as safe as ustar, and only if a package us