should "tar t" map UIDs to usernames?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Natanael Copa wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > as you can see, default GNU tar is to map UIDs to names, while BB tar
> > doesn't.  to be consistent, should it?
>
> Does this means busybox tar will not unpack the tar package with
> correct user permissions, if the same username has different UID's
> on different systems?

that i didn't check.  what i mentioned was strictly an aesthetic
issue.  i'd offer up a patch for examination except i'm not sure where
this printing is being done.  anyone want to give me a hint?

rday