New option --pax-option (equivalent to -o option of pax).

diff --git a/src/tar.c b/src/tar.c
index c38ac04bea00c193bc2abd3f711acf6b542614eb..80091fa2053680e55a0bdcc863e883b71f5831c0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # define DEFAULT_BLOCKING 20
 #endif
 
-static void usage (int) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
+void usage (int) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
 \f
 /* Miscellaneous.  */
 
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ enum
   OCCURRENCE_OPTION,
   OVERWRITE_OPTION,
   OWNER_OPTION,
+  PAX_OPTION,
   POSIX_OPTION,
   PRESERVE_OPTION,
   RECORD_SIZE_OPTION,
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
   {"one-file-system", no_argument, 0, 'l'},
   {"overwrite", no_argument, 0, OVERWRITE_OPTION},
   {"owner", required_argument, 0, OWNER_OPTION},
+  {"pax-option", required_argument, 0, PAX_OPTION},
   {"portability", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
   {"posix", no_argument, 0, POSIX_OPTION},
   {"preserve", no_argument, 0, PRESERVE_OPTION},
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] =
 };
 
 /* Print a usage message and exit with STATUS.  */
-static void
+void
 usage (int status)
 {
   if (status != TAREXIT_SUCCESS)
@@ -1073,6 +1075,10 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
          }
        break;
 
+      case PAX_OPTION:
+       xheader_set_option (optarg);
+       break;
+                           
       case POSIX_OPTION:
        set_archive_format ("posix");
        break;
@@ -1298,7 +1304,7 @@ see the file named COPYING for details."));
            USAGE_ERROR ((0, 0,
                          _("--occurrence cannot be used in the requested operation mode")));
     }
-  
+
   if (archive_names == 0)
     {
       /* If no archive file name given, try TAPE from the environment, or