Use tar as a payload format
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Jeff Johnson
Permit tar to be used as a payload format to handle both files/archives >2Gb.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Jeff Johnson
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Jeff Johnson
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- Accepted for 4.5
- Implementation:
-
Good progress
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Jeff Johnson
- Completed by
Whiteboard
RPM has permitted tar payloads for years (caveat: hardlinks aren't handled).
Adding a wrapper for bsdtar is another approach to end the (rather pointless imho) discussions about 2Gb limits in RPM packages. The flaw is that a package/file of size ~2Gb is largely useless. Breaking a humoungos archive into smaller pieces is what should be done instead of attempting to permit unlimited size packages/files.
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* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
