On 12/23/2012 07:12 AM, Michael White wrote:
I don't have a clue how to go about trying to patch and compile.
If you have the proper build tools installed, and you're on the Internet, you can do this. git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/tar.git cd tar ./bootstrap ./configure make check Perhaps your HP-UX host lacks some tools; if so, the easiest thing might be to find a GNU/Linux host that has them (I use Fedora and Ubuntu, but any standard distribution will do) and run this: git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/tar.git cd tar ./bootstrap ./configure make dist This will create a tarball file (currently tar-1.26.90.tar.gz) that you can then copy to the HP-UX host, untar, and run "./configure; make check" in the usual way. The tools you need are listed in the README-hacking file, at: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/tree/README-hacking
