Issue #16059 has been reported by Tim Mooney.
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Bug #16059: puppet module tool depends on GNU tar syntax (and semantics)
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16059
Author: Tim Mooney
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
Assignee:
Category: module tool
Target version: 2.7.x
Affected Puppet version: 2.7.14
Keywords: solaris portability
Branch:
I'm using the puppet module tool that's part of puppet 2.7.14.
We're primarily using puppet on Linux, but we have a small amount of Solaris
and I do some testing on Solaris (10, x86_64).
The extract_module_to_install_dir in unpacker.rb, part of the module tool,
requires GNU tar syntax, specifically for -z (uncompress). IIRC, there may
also be slight differences in how GNU tar handles -C vs. how SUS platforms do,
but that's from memory so it may not be correct.
I *do* have GNU tar installed on my Solaris systems, but there's no guarantee
that it's going to be first in the PATH.
I tried altering the unpack to be
unless system "gzip -dc #{@filename} | tar xf - -C #{build_dir}"
However that doesn't work because I was correct about -C having different
semantics from that of GNU tar. On Single Unix Specification (SUS) systems,
-C is apparently only valid on create & replace operations, not extract.
What did work is this
unless system "cd #{build_dir} && gzip -dc #{@filename} | tar xf -"
I can certainly provide that as a patch, but is it even acceptable? It's a
little ugly.
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