[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18492 - ludo - nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs/stdenv/generic

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Lluís Batlle <viriketo at gmail.com> writes:

> 2009/11/20 Ludovic Courts <ludo at gnu.org>:
>> stdenv: Let GNU tar select the decompression method.
> As the generic stdenv is used also for the non-pure stdenvs, I think
> you cannot be sure that the GNU tar that will be called.

ISTR that Sander switched to GNU tar for the BSDs, precisely because too
much code assumes GNU tar.  Sander: can you confirm whether this is the
case?

> This may not work specially in stdenvNative or stdenvNix. And it may
> also not work with the pure stdenvLinux, if the bootstrap files have
> an old enough precompiled tar.

Tar has supported this for ages actually.

Thanks,
Ludo’.