[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):

 Replying to [comment:24 jmroot]:
 > Replying to [comment:15 ryandesign]:
 > > Peter, as I said in comment:11 […]

 As far as I understand this, those who create the Python module TAR file
 archives would need to change something that is obviously working for the
 vast majority. It would be easier when the few with old gear update
 their's. One option is to manually substitute

 {{{
 -rwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel  186088 24 Okt  2008 /usr/bin/gnutar
 -rwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel  186088 24 Okt  2008 /usr/bin/tar
 }}}

 with

 {{{
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin  490120 18 Sep 11:07 /opt/local/bin/gnutar
 lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  admin      21 18 Sep 11:07 /opt/local/bin/gtar ->
 /opt/local/bin/gnutar
 }}}

 or simply touch all files after untarring them in the build process. Or
 just use MacPorts' `gnutar` instead when it was found that it exists. The
 list of Python modules that need this special treatment will be
 discovered…

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61276#comment:27>
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