Re: [Bug-tar] feature request: access to archive members by applications like grep, md5sum, ...

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Hansjoerg,

> Is this also useful for other people? Are you interested in this patch?

It is a very interesting idea. Please allow me a couple of days to
evaluate it (my schedule has become rather tough recently).

> Do you have any suggestions?

Currently only one: avoid using static buffers (stat_to_env), and
unnecessary memory reallocations (setup_env). Using obstack will
simplify both functions.

Regards,
Sergey