Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27097C6FD1F for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:05:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229794AbjCQAFO (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:05:14 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42088 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229567AbjCQAFN (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:05:13 -0400 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 976E06BDD2 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:05:11 -0700 (PDT) References: <20221217084155.663235-1-mgorny@gentoo.org> <628c5e32a437ad198866b03f2d6ff8a9c65754df.camel@gentoo.org> <897BDBF1-6C6E-4C69-8BA7-FEEFEB8ADC11@gentoo.org> <1416803D-E4E9-426B-8419-60251B8245B7@gentoo.org> User-agent: mu4e 1.8.14; emacs 29.0.60 From: Sam James To: =?utf-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= , yamada.masahiro@socionext.com Cc: Dmitry Goldin , linux Kernel Mailing List , dist-kernel@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:04:36 +0000 In-reply-to: <1416803D-E4E9-426B-8419-60251B8245B7@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <87wn3g2qfk.fsf@gentoo.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sam James writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > > >> On 17 Jan 2023, at 19:01, Sam James wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>> On 25 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wr= ote: >>>=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. 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]] --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iOUEARYKAI0WIQQlpruI3Zt2TGtVQcJzhAn1IN+RkAUCZBOusV8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0MjVB NkJCODhERDlCNzY0QzZCNTU0MUMyNzM4NDA5RjUyMERGOTE5MA8cc2FtQGdlbnRv by5vcmcACgkQc4QJ9SDfkZBxFAD+JBeFAe0c+gzCpovBYIpWGW0bYgbqSTYNsmSG bq+Jd7QBAJfSEJpOeh6rTQO6x3vtroZy1UwzzO9GlUPT4SYIgjQP =goNs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--