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Re: git archive generates tar with malformed pax extended attribute

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
May 25, 2019, 13:46 UTC
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On Mai 25 2019, René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> wrote:
> Can Unicode symlink targets contain NULs?  We wouldn't want to damage
> them even if we decide to truncate.

The POSIX interface doesn't allow creating such a symlink, since the argument to symlink is a C string.

Andreas.
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  4. Jeff KingMay 24, 2019
  5. René ScharfeMay 25, 2019
  6. Andreas SchwabMay 25, 2019
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2019
  8. René ScharfeMay 26, 2019
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  11. René ScharfeMay 28, 2019
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  16. Jeff KingMay 30, 2019
  17. René ScharfeJun 2, 2019
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  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 25, 2019
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