Re: [Bug-tar] [GNU tar 1.16.1] testsuite: 6 failed

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (Paul Jarc) writes:

> +++ 
> /package/host/code.dogmap.org/foreign/tar-1.16.1+spf+0/compile/src/tar-1.16.1/tests/testsuite.dir/at-stdout
>        2006-12-13 01:07:53.000000000 -0500
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -jeden
> -dwa
> +jeden\ndwa
>  trzy

Thanks for reporting that.  I think this is actually a bug in
Autoconf, not tar.  It is fixed in Autoconf 2.61a
<ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.61a.tar.gz>, which uses
"printf '%s\n'" rather than 'echo' to handle troublesome strings like
that

You should be able to apply the fix by installing Autoconf 2.61a,
touching tar's configure.ac, and then running 'make'.  (Admittedly
this is not always easy for the typical installer to do.)