On 19 July 2012 01:21, Ralph Versteegen <teeem...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18 July 2012 09:52, <subvers...@hamsterrepublic.com> wrote: >> james >> 2012-07-17 14:52:04 -0700 (Tue, 17 Jul 2012) >> 297 >> Add a script that creates ohrrpgce-mac-minimal-linkless.tar.gz based on >> ohrrpgce-mac-minimal.tar.gz >> The resulting file is over 300% larger, but this seems to be the only >> workaround for distributing a Mac >> App bundle from a Windows computer. (Other platforms still use >> ohrrpgce-mac-minimal.tar.gz) >> --- >> A web/ohr-mac-linkless.sh > > I'm confused. Where is tar.exe? It's not in wip/support or mentioned > in any of the build scripts. Do Windows users have to install msys or > cygwin in order to use certain Distribute Menu features? I admit that > I still have barely touched it. (I just finished my MSc yesterday > after a gruelling few weeks of last minute panic; I will probably be > on break a while longer before getting back to serious OHR > development). > > I assume you are using msys's tar. I had a look at the source. I'm > rather shocked to see that it was forked from GNU tar in 2001, and > since then GNU tar has received literally hundreds of bugfixes and new > features, while the msys fork has only had 4 commits. So I intend to > see what we can do to get a modern GNU tar on Windows. I might even > try my hand at implementing some feature to allow us to preserve > symlinks on Windows. > > Also, odd... git-svn refuses to update to the lastest revision. It > claims r5269 is the latest.
I see there are some other GNU tar ports to Windows, but they are only slightly less ancient. _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
