On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 12:34, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 at 11:59, CHIGOT, CLEMENT via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm wondering if someone knows which tar version / configuration was being > > used when creating gcc-10.2.0 tarballs ? > > GNU tar 1.30, I think.
I've been informed that the tarball isn't necessarily created on the gcc.gnu.org server, and so it could be using a different version of tar. The 1.30 version was indeed used for GCC 10.1.0 though/ The advice about using GNU tar still holds though ... > > > > > I'm getting some directory checksum errors while trying to unpack it with > > the AIX tar (which can be a bit old). But they are disappearing when I'm > > building these tarballs on Ubuntu-18.04, even with the last tar version > > 1.32. > > https://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html says: > > "GNU tar version 1.14 (or later) > Necessary (only on some platforms) to untar the source code. Many > systems’ tar programs will also work, only try GNU tar if you have > problems." > > > > Note that gcc-10.1.0 doesn't have these problems, so maybe something have > > changed since. > > I think it's the same version of GNU tar on the same system.
