[MacPorts] #42492: macports doesn't work with gnutar

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#42492: macports doesn't work with gnutar
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  Reporter:  xeron.oskom@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  base           |    Version:  2.2.99
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
      Port:                 |
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Changes (by cal@…):

 * cc: cal@… (added)


Comment:

 Mavericks doesn't come with gnutar, so where does the gnutar apparently
 referenced in `$portutil::autoconf::tar_path` come from? What does
 `variable tar_path` contain in
 `/opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0/macports_autoconf.tcl`?

 It seems that archives created on the buildbot with `/usr/bin/tar` (which
 is BSD tar there) will print these messages when extracted with GNU tar.
 Now, that shouldn't be a problem, because the only tar that should be
 present while configuring MacPorts should be this very `/usr/bin/tar`
 unless a user modified `/usr/bin` and created a `gnutar` file there, which
 definitely is an unsupported configuration. However, maybe we should still
 fix this similar to what I've done in r116751 to provide a more robust
 setup?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/42492#comment:2>
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