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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:   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:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>> 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?
>=20
>=20
> Masahiro, what do you reckon? Thanks.
>=20

Ping.

> Best,
> sam


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