This implementation follows the default policy in 65 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 13, it does not:
| case | what it is | what it makes of it |
|---|---|---|
F07 end-archive-after | Another archive after the end-of-archive marker. | extracts a (2 B, 87428fc5) |
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) |
F34 size-on-hardlink | A size in the header of a hard link, in a pax archive, which takes the next header for its data. | extracts a (512 B, 917dba8e), h (512 B, 917dba8e) |
F35 pax-size-on-hardlink | A pax size on a hard link, which takes the next header for its data. | extracts a (512 B, 917dba8e), h (512 B, 917dba8e) |
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) |
N14 name-bytes-after-nul | Bytes after the NUL that ends a name. | extracts a (10 B, ef476e8d) |
K02 linkname-on-file | A regular file with a link target. | extracts a (19 B, bc345849) |
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) |