Void Linux appears to include GNU tar 1.34 The following should work, it worked on my Arch Linux install (but note that auto detection is not a "new" feature t

Void Linux appears to include GNU tar 1.34 The following should work, it worked on my Arch Linux install (but note that auto detection is not a "new" feature to GNU tar, I've been using it for at least 5 years) echo "Hello" > foo.txt tar cjf foo.tar.bz2 foo.txt rm foo.txt tar xf foo.tar.bz2 cat foo.txt and produce "Hello" To be clear, I'm not saying the following should work tar xzf foo.tar.bz2 What should work is: tar xf foo.tar.bz2 And for proof this is GNU tar $ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.34 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.