[darcs-users] [1.0.1] darcs dist and tar

[Nicolas Pelletier]

Hello,

when using darcs dist with the tar executable /bin/tar that comes with
Solaris 2.6, I get  an empty tarball (= a tarball that  only has a tar
header, but  none of the files  it should contain).  Using another tar
(GNU  tar) produces  a tarball  with all  the expected  contents. This
problem is  due to the way  /bin/tar is configured on  the system here
(it insists on accessing a tape drive no).

GNU tar is installed here under the name gtar. Currently, changing the
name of the tar executable used by darcs requires a search and replace
in Dist.lhs. Wouldn't it be nice  to have a --with-tar= option for the
configure script ?

-- 
Nicolas