Re: -current tar(1) breakage

[Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:38:08 +0000, Robert Swindells wrote:
>> The workaround was to symlink /usr/pkg/bin/gtar to .tools/bin/tar. Is 
>> there any pkgsrc magic for making gtar pose as tar(1), or am I on my 
>> own?
> 
> You can put a line in the pkgsrc Makefile of:
> 
> EXTRACT_USING=  gtar

I've seen (and used) EXTRACT_USING. But does this just cover extracts 
by the pkgsrc framework, or also any invocations of tar by the 
package's build system?

Cheerio,
Hauke

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