[MacPorts] #55575: port -vst install fails with "/usr/bin/tar: No such file or directory"

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#55575: port -vst install fails with "/usr/bin/tar: No such file or directory"
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  Reporter:  janstary  |      Owner:
      Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  base      |    Version:  2.4.99
Resolution:            |   Keywords:  highsierra
      Port:            |
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Comment (by raimue):

 Reply from Apple on the bug report:
 > This issue behaves as intended based on the following:
 >
 > This change was intentional as following symlinks allows you to clone
 directories (which is disallowed due to potential system slowdown in
 apfs). We will update the man page to reflect this.
 >
 > This is not a bug in clonefileat(), this was an intentional change in
 copyfile itself.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/55575#comment:6>
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