On Samstag, 18. September 2021 17:29:15 CEST Paul Eggert wrote: > On 9/18/21 4:18 AM, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > this patch is just needed if you care that tar does no longer compile on > > a substantial amount of systems out there. > > Tar releases should compile just fine on these systems, so the patch is > not needed for them. > > You're building from Git not from a tar release, so as mentioned in > README-hacking some extra steps are needed. I installed the attached > patch to document an extra step that is needed on some older platforms. > This should address your problem in a better way.
Yes, I am building from git. And apparently this compile error will retain in the next release tarball. Maintainers not "bothering" about compile errors means n people having to bother for them instead. Be it distro maintainers, or even end users who might not even able to resolve them by themselves. Best regards, Christian Schoenebeck
