Hi Jan,
But when you set `tar_pax` in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, this comes out:
I surmise that's left over from when the pax support was added.
I don't see any reason not to use $(TAR) there now.
It presumably shouldn't be too hard to fix. If you can devise a patch
(and ideally test case), that
(With automake 1.16.5), your typical Makefile.am produces a Makefile
like so:
-8<- Makefile
AMTAR = $${TAR-tar}
am__tar = $${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"
am__untar = $${TAR-tar} xf -
dist-gzip: distdir
tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -c
>$(distdir).tar.gz
