This implementation follows the default policy in 48 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 30, it does not:
| case | what it is | what it makes of it |
|---|---|---|
S13 hardlink-empty-target | A hardlink with an empty target. | BoundsError: attempt to access empty String at index [1] |
| 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) |
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) |
F10 extended-pax-size-before-gnu-long | A pax size followed by a GNU long name: which of them does the size apply to? | extracts long-name (512 B, 917dba8e) |
F12 number-size-gap | A size with a space among its digits, which reads as two sizes. | extracts a (0 B, e3b0c442), smuggled (0 B, e3b0c442) |
F13 pax-newline-in-path | A newline in a pax path, which split on lines is another record. | extracts good\x0a1 path=evil (12 B, a578eb49) |
F19 pax-global-between-extended-and-member | A global pax header between an extended header and its member. | extracts from-pax (12 B, a578eb49) |
F20 pax-global-size | A global pax header with a size, which frames every member after it, or none. | 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) |
F28 pax-newline-in-comment | A newline in a pax comment, which split on lines leaves a size record. | extracts a (0 B, e3b0c442), smuggled (0 B, e3b0c442) |
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-pax (12 B, a578eb49) |
N09 extended-two-pax-headers | Two pax extended headers for one member, with different paths. | extracts second (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 15000000000/, 15000000000/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\xe9 (8 B, ff3f1fa3) |
N20 pax-repeated-key | One pax key twice in one extended header. | extracts second (12 B, a578eb49) |
N21 pax-global-path | A global pax header with a path. | extracts global-name (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-gnu (12 B, a578eb49) |
N24 pax-hdrcharset-binary | hdrcharset=BINARY, which declares a pax path that is not UTF-8 as bytes. | extracts caf\xe9 (12 B, a578eb49) |
S04 hardlink-to-itself | A hardlink to itself. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
S07 tree-duplicate-file-differs | The same file twice, with different contents: the first copy, or the last? | extracts a (5 B, 761d1fb1) |
S08 tree-duplicate-file-dir | A file, then a directory of the same name. | extracts a/ |
S09 tree-duplicate-file-identical | The same file twice, with the same contents. | extracts a (5 B, a6328afc) |
S10 tree-symlink-then-file | A symlink, then a file of the same name: replace the link, or write through it? | extracts a (28 B, d5a04bbb) |
S12 tree-under-file | A member under a file. | extracts a/, a/b (13 B, 8e53e378) |