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From: sl@9front.org
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Subject: Re: [9front] pkg/unpkg strangeness
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> According to tar(1):
> 
> File path names are limited to 100 characters (256 when
>           using ustar format).
> 
> Every file that has a path bigger than that leads to pkg/unpkg trying
> to unpack the file into /.

I don't see where tar(1) is ever getting called.

Note: I do not really understand unpkg.c.

sl