This implementation follows the default policy in 55 of 78 cases:
The default policy is a working draft. Where an implementation does not do as it says, that can be a choice rather than a bug.
On the other 23, it does not:
| case | what it is | what it makes of it |
|---|---|---|
F03 end-lone-zero-block | An end-of-archive marker of one zero block, not two. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
F04 end-missing | No end-of-archive marker: the archive ends after a complete member. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
F06 checksum-signed | A checksum that only matches as the signed sum of the header. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
F07 end-archive-after | Another archive after the end-of-archive marker. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
F09 end-zero-block-then-member | A zero block, then another member: the end of the archive, or not? | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
F20 pax-global-size | A global pax header with a size, which frames every member after it, or none. | extracts a (0 B, e3b0c442), smuggled (0 B, e3b0c442) |
F21 pax-size-empty | An empty pax size, which in POSIX removes the size rather than giving one. | extracts a (512 B, 917dba8e) |
F23 pax-size-plus | A pax size with a plus sign, +512, which conversions of strings to numbers accept. | extracts a (512 B, 917dba8e) |
F24 pax-size-leading-space | A pax size with a leading space, 512, which conversions of strings to numbers skip. | extracts a (512 B, 917dba8e) |
F26 pax-size-leading-zero | A pax size with a leading zero, 0777: 777 in decimal, as POSIX says, or 511 in octal. | extracts a (777 B, b09d2516) |
N08 extended-pax-path-and-gnu-long-name | A pax path and a GNU long name for one member, and a third name in its header. | extracts from-header (12 B, a578eb49) |
N10 format-star | A ustar prefix whose end reads as star's times, with star's tar\0 at offset 508. | extracts ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp15000000000 15000000000 /, ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp15000000000 15000000000 /a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
N11 gnu-prefix-field | The prefix field of a header with GNU magic, which GNU tar uses for times in incremental archives. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
N13 name-backslash | A backslash in a name: a character on Unix, a separator on Windows. | extracts a\b (21 B, 15acfc39) |
N14 name-bytes-after-nul | Bytes after the NUL that ends a name. | extracts a (10 B, ef476e8d) |
N18 name-not-utf8 | A name that is not UTF-8. | extracts caf� (8 B, ff3f1fa3) |
N19 pax-nul-in-path | A NUL inside a pax path. | extracts a_b (12 B, 627be4bf) |
N21 pax-global-path | A global pax header with a path. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5), b (2 B, 02638299) |
N23 extended-gnu-long-then-pax | A GNU long name, then a pax header, then the member: which of them does the long name apply to? | extracts from-header (12 B, a578eb49) |
N24 pax-hdrcharset-binary | hdrcharset=BINARY, which declares a pax path that is not UTF-8 as bytes. | extracts caf� (12 B, a578eb49) |
N26 pax-global-path-then-empty | A global path, then a global header that removes it with an empty value. | extracts a (12 B, a578eb49) |
K02 linkname-on-file | A regular file with a link target. | extracts a (19 B, bc345849) |
S06 hardlink-to-symlink | A hardlink to a symlink: a link to the symlink, or to its target? | extracts f (2 B, 092fcfbb), h → f, s → f |