From: Anatol Belski <ab@php.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:14:35 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add note on PAX headers in tarballs
X-Git-Tag: php-7.3.0alpha1~946
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b192b2d110cd28d43e912513364ed71ba0b0f82e;p=php

Add note on PAX headers in tarballs
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diff --git a/README.RELEASE_PROCESS b/README.RELEASE_PROCESS
index c735d5e263..dac6b2c8bc 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``