Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Jan 10, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: | | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Gullik Bjønnes) writes: | > | > | I'd like to have some more information about the tar binary on OSX. | > | > More specifically what tar formats it actually supports. | | tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 | | That's the version installed via fink <http://fink.sourceforge.net/>, | I believe as a normal part of the fink installation (which is the | easiest thing to use on Mac to get automake 1.9 and gettext). They | simply point to <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/> for information.
That version is the same as mine. ustar should work with that unless the fink people has turned those formats off. | Apple's version is: tar (GNU tar) 1.14 this might not have it -- Lgb