Debian bug report logs - #819
tar should have null-separated archive list option

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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: tar should have null-separated archive list option
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Package: tar
Version: 1.11.5-2

The usage message from tar says that the -null flag causes tar to
expect a null-separated list of filenames (for -T, etc.)

However, when listing the contents of an archive, there appears to be
no way to produce a null-terminated list.  Such a facility would be
useful, and is necessary to deal properly with filenames containing
newlines.

Ian.