archive/tar: support arbitrary PAX records
This CL adds the following new publicly visible API: type Header struct { ...; PAXRecords map[string]string } The new Header.PAXRecords field is a map of all PAX extended header records. We suggest (but do not enforce) that users use VENDOR-prefixed keys according to the following in the PAX specification: <<< The standard developers have reserved keyword name space for vendor extensions. It is suggested that the format to be used is: VENDOR.keyword where VENDOR is the name of the vendor or organization in all uppercase letters. >>> When reading, the Header.PAXRecords is populated with all PAX records encountered so far, including basic ones (e.g., "path", "mtime", etc). When writing, the fields of Header will be merged into PAXRecords, overwriting any records that may conflict. Since PAXRecords is a more expressive feature than Xattrs and is entirely a superset of Xattrs, we mark Xattrs as deprecated, and steer users towards the new PAXRecords API. The issue has a discussion about adding a Header.SetPAXRecord method to help validate records and keep the Header fields in sync. However, we do not include that in this CL since that helper method can always be added in the future. There is no support for global records. Fixes #14472 Change-Id: If285a52749acc733476cf75a2c7ad15bc1542071 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/58390 Run-TryBot: Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com> TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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