1 dnl Check for a tar program that speaks ustar format
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
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7 dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
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10 AC_DEFUN([GNUPG_CHECK_USTAR],
13 AC_HELP_STRING([--with-tar=PATH],[look for a tar program in PATH]),
16 if test x$_do_tar != xno ; then
18 if test x$_do_tar = x ; then
19 AC_PATH_PROG(TAR,"tar")
20 _mytar=$ac_cv_path_TAR
23 # Check if our tar is ustar format. If so, it's good. TODO: Add some
24 # code to check various options, etc, to try and create ustar
27 if test x$_mytar != x ; then
28 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $_mytar speaks USTAR])
29 echo hithere > conftest.txt
30 $_mytar -cf - conftest.txt | (dd skip=257 bs=1 count=5 2>/dev/null || cat) | grep ustar > /dev/null
34 if test x$_tar_bad = x0 ; then
42 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_USTAR, test x$_tar_bad = x0)