Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > GNU tar compiles from source just fine on Solaris,
Actually, that's not quite true for tar 1.19 due to a last-minute minor configuration bug in the distribution; see <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2007-10/msg00013.html>. You can work around the problem by configuring with something like the following shell command: CC='gcc -DCHAR_BIT=8' ./configure The problem will be fixed in the next tar version.
