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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility
From:   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:01:39 +0000
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> On 25 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny <mgorny@gentoo.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> 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.
>>=20
>>=20
>> See the top Makefile, for example,
>>=20
>>=20
>> AWK             =3D awk
>>=20
>>=20
>> Then, users can do "make AWK=3Dgawk"
>=20
> 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.

Best,
sam

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