On 08/22/2012 12:27 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Richard Farina <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Any comments on the gnu tar requirement? is that an issue or is okay?
>
> I don't really know. The only change required is the addition of the
> -J/-z options for non-GNU tar? Or does non-GNU tar support xz?
> Wouldn't surprise me if it didn't.
>
both gnu and bsd tar work properly the way I have written it. MacOSX tar
does not, but prefix installs gnu tar during bootstrap so it shouldn't
be an issue.
