Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility | From | Sam James <> | Date | Sat, 4 Feb 2023 16:39:13 +0000 |
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> On 17 Jan 2023, at 19:01, Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > >> On 25 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2022-12-25 at 01:45 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: >>> Instead of inserting a workaround like this, >>> another way is to allow users to override a variable >>> from the command line. >>> >>> >>> See the top Makefile, for example, >>> >>> >>> AWK = awk >>> >>> >>> Then, users can do "make AWK=gawk" >> >> I'm sorry but are you requesting that I remove the check and use $TAR >> instead, or allow overriding with TAR, and fall back to gtar or tar >> respectively? If the former, should the script unconditionally assume >> that TAR will be always set in the environment, or include fallback to >> tar for when the script is run directly? > > > Masahiro, what do you reckon? Thanks. >
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> Best, > sam
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