[MacPorts] #61276: meson @0.55.3: /usr/bin/gnutar: meson-0.55.3/COPYING: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 01:00:00

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#61276: meson @0.55.3: /usr/bin/gnutar: meson-0.55.3/COPYING: implausibly old time
stamp 1970-01-01 01:00:00
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  Reporter:  ballapete  |      Owner:  git@…
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.6.3
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  tiger leopard powerpc legacy-os
      Port:  meson      |
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Comment (by ballapete):

 `Port` performed a few minutes ago:

 {{{
 DEBUG: system:  cd
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_nue.de.rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_net_nss/nss/work"
 && /usr/bin/gzip -dc
 '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/nss/nss-3.62.tar.gz' | /usr/bin/gnutar
 --no-same-owner -xf -
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.hg_archival.txt: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.arcconfig: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.clang-format: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.gitignore: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.hgignore: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.sancov-blacklist: implausibly old time
 stamp 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/.taskcluster.yml: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/COPYING: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 /usr/bin/gnutar: nss-3.62/nss/Makefile: implausibly old time stamp
 1970-01-01 01:00:00
 }}}

 while modern software works (also the complicated way):

 {{{
 pete 230 /\ /usr/bin/gzip -dc
 '/opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/nss/nss-3.62.tar.gz' |
 /opt/local/bin/gnutar --no-same-owner -vtf - | head
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0             136 2021-02-19 11:03
 nss-3.62/nss/.hg_archival.txt
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0             132 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/.arcconfig
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0            1995 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/.clang-format
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0             167 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/.gitignore
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0             177 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/.hgignore
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0              52 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/.sancov-
 blacklist
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0            2544 2021-02-19 11:03
 nss-3.62/nss/.taskcluster.yml
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0           18100 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/COPYING
 -rw-r--r-- 0/0            5041 2021-02-19 11:03 nss-3.62/nss/Makefile
 }}}

 `Gnutar` can handle all compressed tape archives without auxiliary tools
 and its recent version should become the tool working at least on `Tiger`.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61276#comment:14>
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