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bug #67608: Please make specifying --owner/--group in --extract mode an error

Submitter:  Buo-ren Lin <brlin>
Submitted:  Thu 16 Oct 2025 03:05:12 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Open
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Thu 16 Oct 2025 03:05:12 AM UTC, original submission:  

Currently specifying the following command options in extract mode will not result in errors but will simply be ignored:

  • --owner
  • --group


This will confuse users in believing that one can force file ownership in extract mode using these options, which is not the case as these options only work in --create operation mode.

Thanks!

Buo-ren Lin <brlin>

 

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