mtree path names and link attributes are encoded, generally using strvis. Newer
versions of mtree will use C-style escapes but previously the accepted form was
octal escapes. makefs' mtree code spots the C-style escapes but fails to deal
with octal escapes correctly.
Remove mtree's escape-decoding code (except for a few instances where it's
needed) and instead pass pathnames and link targets through strunvis prior to
use.