svn commit: r1292593 - /commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java

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Author: sebb
Date: Thu Feb 23 00:16:07 2012
New Revision: 1292593

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1292593&view=rev
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Modified:
    commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java

Modified: commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java?rev=1292593&r1=1292592&r2=1292593&view=diff
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--- commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/compress/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/tar/TarArchiveEntry.java Thu Feb 23 00:16:07 2012
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archi
  * } header;
  * All unused bytes are set to null.
  * New-style GNU tar files are slightly different from the above.
+ * For values of size larger than 077777777777L (11 7s)
+ * or uid and gid larger than 07777777L (7 7s)
+ * the sign bit of the first byte is set, and the rest of the
+ * field is the binary representation of the number.
+ * See TarUtils.parseOctalOrBinary.
  * </pre>
  * 
  * <p>