1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libarchive/data_extract_all.c b/archival/libarchive/data_extract_all.c
index 3142405a3..049c2c156 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/data_extract_all.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/data_extract_all.c
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ void FAST_FUNC data_extract_all(archive_handle_t *archive_handle)
                 break;
         }
         case S_IFDIR:
+//TODO: this causes problems if tarball contains a r-xr-xr-x directory:
+// we create this directory, and then fail to create files inside it
+// (if tar xf isn't run as root).
+// GNU tar works around this by chmod-ing directories *after* all files are extracted.
                 res = mkdir(dst_name, file_header->mode);
                 if ((res != 0)
                  && (errno != EISDIR) /* btw, Linux doesn't return this */