From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:18:32 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 5 of 5 v6] dependencies: build a host-tar if
	no suitable tar can be found
In-Reply-To: <ffdbaa3cbd40c88e77d8.1328718140@beantl019720> (Thomas De
 Schampheleire's message of "Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:20 +0100")
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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com> writes:

 Thomas> Some toolchains, like the one built with buildroot itself, use
 Thomas> hardlinks (for example to link between the c++ and g++
 Thomas> binary). Unpacking such a toolchain with the --strip-components
 Thomas> options does not work correctly if the system tar is too old
 Thomas> (<1.17). Even recent releases of RedHat/CentOS still ship with
 Thomas> tar 1.15.

Committed, thanks.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard