On Thu, 2017-04-27 at 15:51 -0700, Paul Rogers wrote: > > Can you try creating a /bin/sh link first and then see what happens. > > e.g. > > ln -fsv bash /bin/sh > > tar czf dummy.tgz /usr > > > > Regards, > > Wayne. > > Ah, I see what you're thinking. It's one of those things that > *shouldn't* make any difference, but sometimes do. That isn't scheduled > to happen in the book quite yet, and I do follow the book. If I have to > go back again and start over, I'll try it. > -- > Paul Rogers > [email protected] > Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." > (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - Access your email from home and the web >
Just to be clear, it looks like tar-1.29 expects /bin/sh to be present for it to execute external commands like gzip. I can see there is also a SHELL environment variable involved (in the source code), but I'm not sure how it's used. See xexec and sys_spawn_shell functions in src/system.c for further details. Regards, Wayne. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
