Messages in this thread | | | From | Sam James <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility | Date | Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:04:36 +0000 |
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Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > >> 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. >> > > Ping.
ping^2. We'd really love to get this in to fix a bug for our users in Gentoo.
> >> Best, >> sam > > > [[End of PGP Signed Part]]
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