Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:47:43 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: gecko@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 257063] archivers/star: Do not install 'gnutar' for it is broken Message-ID: <bug-257063-21738-ykWJoKaQVM@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-257063-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-257063-21738@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D257063 J=C3=B6rg Schilling <schily@schily.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |schily@schily.net --- Comment #5 from J=C3=B6rg Schilling <schily@schily.net> --- The problem is that firefox seems to use an incorrect GNU tar command line. Non-standard options like --exclude need to appear after the TAR key letter= -c The background is that GNU tar claims to implement a 100% TAR compatible CLI and TAR does not use a standard option parser to parse the options. Unfortunately, GNU tar is wrong with it's claims....and implements a CLI th= at is very different from the original TAR CLI. In order to support the official TAR CLI, star calls a function that modifi= es the command line in a way that it later may be parsed by a standard option parser. Option parsing in GNU tar always was a big problem ans many user still comp= lain about problems they observe because of the strange option parsing in GNU ta= r. If recent GNU tar versions changed their behaviour and firefox adopted to t= hat, this seems to be a firefox problem. BTW: GNU tar is never installed as "gnutar". This is why the name "gnutar" = has been selected by star to switch to the GNU tar CLI. So my proposal: Either change firefox to have the non-standard options like --exclude appear late in the command line, or tell firefox to look for "gnutar" last, but ne= ver first. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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