[MacPorts] #70622: automake @1.17_0 fails to install on 10.4

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#70622: automake @1.17_0 fails to install on 10.4
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  Reporter:  fhgwright  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  base       |    Version:  2.10.1
Resolution:             |   Keywords:
      Port:             |
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Changes (by ryandesign):

 * version:   => 2.10.1
 * component:  ports => base


Comment:

 Since this has to do with binary archives, which are not under individual
 ports' control but are created at the direction of MacPorts base, this
 would be a base bug and not specific to automake.

 I'm not aware of any change in how our binary archives are constructed. It
 may always have been the case that some or all archives created on newer
 macOS versions cannot be extracted on 10.4's version of tar, but that this
 has only become a problem since it has become possible for archives to be
 shared amongst OS versions (MacPorts 2.9.0?). I don't know which version
 of macOS created the automake 1.17 archive now on our servers.

 You could try creating any tar archive on macOS 14 or other newer OS
 versions and then try extracting it on 10.4. If it fails the same way, and
 if you can then find some flags or options that can be used to create an
 archive on newer macOS that can be extracted on older macOS, base can be
 updated to use those flags or options.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/70622#comment:1>
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