https://github.com/xyproto/metatar

Manipulate tar file metadata, list tar files or convert tar to cpio. For some projects, this can replace fakeroot and cpio, when creating an initrd image that is compatible with the Linux kernel. Used in production in at least one company.

cpio distro-tools fakeroot genext2fs makedev tar utility xattr yaml

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