(With automake 1.16.5), your typical Makefile.am produces a Makefile
like so:
-8<- Makefile
AMTAR = $${TAR-tar}
am__tar = $${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"
am__untar = $${TAR-tar} xf -
dist-gzip: distdir
tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | eval GZIP= gzip $(GZIP_ENV) -c
>$(distdir).tar.gz
$(am__post_remove_distdir)
->8-
But when you set `tar_pax` in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, this comes out:
-8<- Makefile
AMTAR = $${TAR-tar}
am__tar = tar --format=posix -chf - "$$tardir"
am__untar = tar -xf -
->8-
This means one can no longer use `make TAR=/usr/local/bin/tar` to point to e.g.
a
new development version of tar I've got.
Also, ${AMTAR} seems totally unused. Why is it even there?
