Force root/root as names for uid0/gid0 instead of using the system names. This helps make packed download tarballs more reproducible Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- --- a/src/create.c +++ b/src/create.c @@ -543,17 +543,8 @@ write_gnu_long_link (struct tar_stat_inf union block *header; header = start_private_header ("././@LongLink", size, 0); - if (! numeric_owner_option) - { - static char *uname, *gname; - if (!uname) - { - uid_to_uname (0, &uname); - gid_to_gname (0, &gname); - } - UNAME_TO_CHARS (uname, header->header.uname); - GNAME_TO_CHARS (gname, header->header.gname); - } + UNAME_TO_CHARS ("root", header->header.uname); + GNAME_TO_CHARS ("root", header->header.gname); strcpy (header->buffer + offsetof (struct posix_header, magic), OLDGNU_MAGIC);