Update of bug #17000 (project gnustep):
Summary: base/SSL's makefile uses incorrect gnutar usage =>
'gnutar' might actually be 'star'
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Follow-up Comment #7:
This is tricky.
So we have this alternative 'tar' program called 'star'
which has slightly different options than GNU tar, but pretends
to be GNU tar by installing 'gnutar' as a symlink to itself.
So you may end up with a system where 'tar' is GNU tar,
while 'gnutar' is actually 'star'! That sounds crazy. :-)
I suppose the only real workaround is to write a configure
test to check that the tar program that we choose supports
the option --exclude-from that we need. That would definitely
work.
Another option, less safer, would be to check the output
of --version. Presumably star, even when invoked as 'gnutar',
doesn't cheat to the point of replicating the output
of GNU tar's --version ?
Thanks
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