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Re: [ft-devel] PaxHeaders directories when using BSD tar
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Alexei Podtelezhnikov |
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Re: [ft-devel] PaxHeaders directories when using BSD tar |
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Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:17:11 -0500 |
> These PaxHeaders.xxx directories were created when using the standard
> BSD tar program. When I downloaded and used GNU tar the build worked
> fine. Can freetype be packaged using a more portable tar method?
Quoting from http://packages.ubuntu.com/de/lucid/bsdtar
"GNU tar support. Libarchive reads most GNU tar archives. If there is
demand, this can be improved further."
It sounds like bsdtar strives to achieve potability with GNU tar, so
you should readdress your request to bsdtar.