linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility

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Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:43:47 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Sam James <sam@...too.org>
Cc:     Michał Górny <mgorny@...too.org>,
        Dmitry Goldin <dgoldin+lkml@...tonmail.ch>,
        linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dist-kernel@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kheaders: prefer gtar over tar for better compatibility

I thought I had relied this before, but
something awkward was happening because
the original email was addressed to
yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, which is
no longer valid.

Resending from masahiroy@...nel.org...






In the top Makefile, please add

TAR  = tar

and export TAR.



In kernel/gen_kheaders.sh,
please replace 'tar' with ${TAR:-tar}





On Gentoo systems, you can do

 $ make TAR=gtar


or if you need to run gen_kheaders.sh directly

 $ TAR=gtar scripts/gen_kheaders.sh


Thanks.








On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 9:05 AM Sam James <sam@...too.org> wrote:
>
>
> Sam James <sam@...too.org> writes:
>
> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> >
> >
> >> On 17 Jan 2023, at 19:01, Sam James <sam@...too.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 25 Dec 2022, at 16:33, Michał Górny <mgorny@...too.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, 2022-12-25 at 01:45 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >>>> Instead of inserting a workaround like this,
> >>>> another way is to allow users to override a variable
> >>>> from the command line.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> See the top Makefile, for example,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> AWK             = awk
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Then, users can do "make AWK=gawk"
> >>>
> >>> I'm sorry but are you requesting that I remove the check and use $TAR
> >>> instead, or allow overriding with TAR, and fall back to gtar or tar
> >>> respectively?  If the former, should the script unconditionally assume
> >>> that TAR will be always set in the environment, or include fallback to
> >>> tar for when the script is run directly?
> >>
> >>
> >> Masahiro, what do you reckon? Thanks.
> >>
> >
> > Ping.
>
> ping^2. We'd really love to get this in to fix a bug for our users in
> Gentoo.
>
> >
> >> Best,
> >> sam
> >
> >
> > [[End of PGP Signed Part]]
>

--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada