Re: [Bug-tar] file name with backslash is not archived

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> > If you don't want this behavior, use the --no-unquote option.
> 
> I'm afraid that isn't an adequate solution.

Perhaps so.

> All other things being equal, the default should be a behavior that
> people expect

That could be so, but one cannot be quite sure which *is* the "behavior
the people expect".  The truth is GNU tar behaved this way for quite
some time, at least since 1.13 or perhaps even earlier version,
i.e. at least since 1999!  This means that quite a few people may be
relying on this particular behavior, and it will be unwise to change it
all of a sudden without a prior notice.  Especially, given a sad
impression that 1.24 no doubt has left. 

That being said, I would ask you to keep that patch in stash for a
while, and return to that question after the release.

Regards,
Sergey