[tlbuild] Testing net install

[Manfred Lotz]

Edd Barrett wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:37:29AM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
>> HI Edd,
>>
>> again me ...
>>
>> On Mo, 04 Aug 2008, Norbert Preining wrote:
>>> On Mo, 04 Aug 2008, Edd Barrett wrote:
>>>> % ./install-tl 
>>>> tar --version failed (status 256): No such file or directory
>>>> Output is:tar: unknown option -- -
>>>> usage: tar {crtux}[014578befHhjLmOoPpqsvwXZz]
>>>>            [blocking-factor | archive | replstr] [-C directory] [-I file]
>>>>            [file ...]
>>>>        tar {-crtux} [-014578eHhjLmOoPpqvwXZz] [-b blocking-factor]
>>>>            [-C directory] [-f archive] [-I file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
>>>> Couldn't set up the necessary programs.
>>>> Cannot continue with installation.
>>>> Please report to texlive at tug.org.
>>>> ---8<---
>> OpenBSD tar is a bummer, it does NOT support any type of help/version
>> whatsoever. 
> 
> It's just not GNU. Most UNIX does not use gnu tar. You will probably
> have the same problem on freebsd, netbsd, hpux, irix, aix and solaris.
> 

FreeBSD 7.0 has bsdtar in the base system which gives:

$tar --version 

bsdtar 2.2.5 - libarchive 2.2.4



-- 
Manfred