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README: document that virtiofs mounts enforce mode bits for root - #78

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Adds the limit to the README, with the GNU tar symptom and the two workarounds (extract outside the mount, or tar -P for trusted archives). docs/examples/build-kernel.md already covers it for the kernel build.

Closes #57.

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-v mounts: root can't open a file it just created with mode 0, which breaks GNU tar extracting relative symlinks

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