From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dev Subject: make install fails because GNU tar needed Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:16:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <267282067.24350.1409235408562.JavaMail.vpopmail@webmail2.networksolutionsemail.com> Reply-To: dev Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Aug 28 16:17:12 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XN0Vg-00080d-8G for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:17:08 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751313AbaH1ORA (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:17:00 -0400 Received: from atl4mhob02.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.40]:52934 "EHLO atl4mhob02.myregisteredsite.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751117AbaH1OQ7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:16:59 -0400 Received: from atl4oxapp02pod2.mgt.hosting.qts.netsol.com ([10.30.77.38]) by atl4mhob02.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s7SEGmKn009857; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:16:48 -0400 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Medium X-Mailer: Open-Xchange Mailer v6.20.7-Rev18 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Well I am making progress in that I have what looks like a successful build. what fails next on the non-linux world is the next requirement for GNU tar for some reason : # gmake CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LD_OPTIONS" NEEDS_LIBICONV=Yes \ > SHELL_PATH=/usr/local/bin/bash \ > SANE_TOOL_PATH=/usr/local/bin \ > USE_LIBPCRE=1 LIBPCREDIR=/usr/local CURLDIR=/usr/local \ > EXPATDIR=/usr/local NEEDS_LIBINTL_BEFORE_LIBICONV=1 \ > NEEDS_SOCKET=1 NEEDS_RESOLV=1 USE_NSEC=1 \ > PERL_PATH=/usr/local/bin/perl \ > NO_PYTHON=1 DEFAULT_PAGER=/usr/xpg4/bin/more \ > DEFAULT_EDITOR=/usr/local/bin/vim DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT=man \ > prefix=/usr/local install > > ../git-2.0.4_SunOS5.10_sparcv9.006.install.log * new build flags "read-cache.c", line 780: warning: statement not reached "xdiff/xutils.c", line 180: warning: statement not reached Writing perl.mak for Git Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json /bin/sh: gtar: /bin/shnot found : gtar: not found gmake[1]: *** [install] Error 1 gmake: *** [install] Error 2 Well that is maddening. Is there some magic somewhere to use ordinary POSIX tar ? Also, what is shnot ? dev