[minicoredumper] New tar format

[John Ogness]

Hi Jos,

On 2023-06-23, "Jos Hulzink (Ellips B.V.)" <jos.hulzink at ellips.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if you have any updates on the new tar format (the >
> 8GB issue). I started looking into this myself, but the tar file
> format documentation leaves me completely puzzled, for I have the
> feeling some important bits are left out in the documentation.

I have not had time for this. It is not trivial. However, last month
github user dharmendra-nutanix shared [0] that they are working on an
implementation with pax. I expect that would also be acceptable,
although I am not sure how widely available the necessary unpacking
tools will be.

John Ogness

[0] https://github.com/diamon/minicoredumper/issues/6#issuecomment-1560695539