Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <
mgorny@gentoo.org>
---
glep-0078.rst | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/glep-0078.rst b/glep-0078.rst
index 24c5c9d..4d27ac1 100644
--- a/glep-0078.rst
+++ b/glep-0078.rst
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ ignore unknown files but preserve them across package updates.
Permitted .tar format features
------------------------------
-The tar archives should use either the POSIX ustar format or a subset
-of the GNU format with the following (optional) extensions:
+The tar archives should use either the POSIX ustar format as defined
+by POSIX.1-2017 [#POSIX-USTAR]_ or a subset of the ustar-compatible
+GNU tar format as described in the GNU tar manual [#GNU-TAR]_ with
+the following (optional) extensions:
- long pathnames and long linknames,
@@ -629,6 +631,13 @@ References
written in C
(
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/app-portage/portage-utils)
+.. [#POSIX-USTAR] The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018
+ edition, pax - portable archive interch