Re: Default tar for 1.3 and later

[Hummel Tom <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> is there any objection to switch the default tar to BSD tar?
> GNU tar will be kept, since some features for tape handling
> and updating are missing in BSD tar, but the latter does a
> better job for the normal use cases.

Which format is BSD tar using by default, ustar (POSIX.1-1988) or posix 
(POSIX.1-2001)?
What about the reading of V7 and star formats?

I'm trying to collect some information about this topic.

tom