Roman Leshchinskiy: > On 19/11/2009, at 23:57, Ian Lynagh wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:58:17PM +1100, Roman Leshchinskiy wrote: >>> cd a/b/c/ && /usr/bin/tar --force-local -jxf >>> ../../../../bindistprep/ghc-6.13.20091119-i386-apple-darwin.tar.bz2 >>> tar: Option --force-local is not supported >>> Usage: >>> List: tar -tf <archive-filename> >>> Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename> >>> Create: tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...] >>> Help: tar --help >>> make: *** [all] Error 1 >> >> What version of OS X is this? > > Ah. I've upgraded to Snow Leopard. It turns out that in Snow Leopard tar is > bsdtar which is a change from Leopard which had tar = gnutar. But > /usr/bin/gnutar still exists so I guess we should just have configure pick > that one. I'm a bit surprised that I'm the first one to trip over this, > Manuel has been validating on Snow Leopard for quite some time now. Manuel, > doesn't this happen for you?
I am rarely validating on my laptop, but usually use our Xserve (which is much faster), which still runs Leopard. I guess that is why I didn't tip over it. Do we really have to rely on a specific version of tar? Dependencies like that always come back to bite you. Manuel _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
