FIX: Ignore high bits in mode field#50
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Various tar libraries create incompatible mode fields For example golang/go#20150
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Interesting. LGTM, thanks for the fix!
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Various tar libraries create incompatible mode fields with high bits set.
For example golang/go#20150
We can use either:
from_bits_truncatewhich ignores low incorrect bits; orModeFlags, chosen here.