Re: [Bug-tar] Re: AMTAR brokenness

[Eric Sunshine]

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:18:05 +0200, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> address@hidden selects the new pax format defined by POSIX
> +1003.1-2001.  It supports filenames with up to 65535 characters.
> +However this format is very young and should probably be avoided in
> +all packages that do not target only modern systems.

Perhaps, a bit more idiomatic:

"However, this format is very young and should probably be restricted to  
packages which target only very modern platforms."

-- ES