[MacPorts] #41996: expat @2.1.0: sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory

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#41996: expat @2.1.0: sh: /usr/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
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  Reporter:  glowworm4200@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:  2.2.1
Resolution:  invalid         |   Keywords:
      Port:  expat           |
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Comment (by glowworm4200@…):

 I think I solved my problem, so I thought I'd share for anyone else who
 may encounter a similar problem and stumble across this page.

 I downloaded gnu tar 1.27.1 from: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/

 There's several types of archived files there, including .tar, .cpio,
 .shar. I didn't have anyway to unarchive any of those, but I lucked out
 with an older laptop that had BSD tar on it. If that's not an option,
 hopefully the tools to unpack .cpio and .shar are easier to obtain.

 Anyways, I copied the /usr/bin/tar utility from my old laptop, running OSX
 4.1.11 (Tiger), onto a thumb drive. Then I copied it back into usr/bin on
 my current laptop. I double-clicked on the dowloaded file and it worked.
 Then I removed tar from /usr/bin.

 Then, following directions from the download, I changed directories to the
 unarchived folder in my Downloads folder and:


 {{{
 $ ./configure
 $ make
 $ sudo make install
 }}}

 I've always been leery of compiling from source, as I've never done it
 before, but it worked out. The finished tar (binary, I believe it's
 called) is found in the "src" folder. Next, I copied that tar file into
 /usr/bin and tried macports again. Doh! It wants /usr/bin/gnutar...


 {{{
 $ cp /Users/name/Downloads/tar-1.27.1/src/tar /usr/bin/gnutar
 }}}


 Now macports works just fine!

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