com php-src: Add note on PAX headers in tarballs: README.RELE ASE_PROCESS

Commit: b192b2d110cd28d43e912513364ed71ba0b0f82e Author: Anatol Belski <ab@php.net> Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:14:35 +0100 Parents: 88e257c15201001d99b0639385646f162cdaf7fc Branches: master Link: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=b192b2d110cd28d43e912513364ed71ba0b0f82e Log: Add note on PAX headers in tarballs Changed paths: M README.RELEASE_PROCESS Diff: diff --git a/README.RELEASE_PROCESS b/README.RELEASE_PROCESS index c735d5e..dac6b2c 100644 --- a/README.RELEASE_PROCESS +++ b/README.RELEASE_PROCESS @@ -187,7 +187,11 @@ credits files in ext/standard. 9. run: `PHPROOT=. ./makedist php 5.4.1`, this will export the tag, create configure and build three tarballs (gz, bz2 and xz). -Check if the pear files are updated (phar). + Check if the pear files are updated (phar). + On some systems the behavior of GNU tar can default to produce POSIX complaint archives +with PAX headers. As not every application is compatible with that format, creation of +archives with PAX headers should be avoided. When packaging on such a system, the GNU tar +can be influenced by defining the environment variable TAR_OPTIONS='--format=gnu'. 10. Generate the GPG signature files for the archives. `gpg -u YOUREMAIL --armor --detach-sign php-X.Y.Z.tar.xxx`