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

[Sander van der Burg - EWI]

Well, to be quite honest: The only problem I had with tar on BSD so far is that an error occurs on OpenBSD when I omit the -f option. It seems that both GNU and BSD tar gives me the same problem, and when using the -f option both GNU and BSD tar seems to work fine.

btw. I haven't changed this yet, but maybe I should add the -f option in the genericBuilder in the stdenv-branch.

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: nix-dev-bounces at cs.uu.nl namens Ludovic Courtès
Verzonden: vr 20-11-2009 18:34
Aan: Lluís Batlle
CC: nix-dev at cs.uu.nl
Onderwerp: [Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18492 - ludo -nixpkgs/branches/stdenv-updates/pkgs/stdenv/generic
 
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'.
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