I think the reason why the test failed is a missing "genfile" of which I have
no idea:
)
Not enabling shell tracing (command contains an embedded newline)
--- /dev/null 2026-02-19 13:05:14.000000000 +0100
+++
/opt/local/var/macports/build/gnutar-7f9e2dd8/work/tar-1.35.90/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/95/stderr
2026-02-19 13:05:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/opt/local/var/macports/build/gnutar-7f9e2dd8/work/tar-1.35.90/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/95/test-source:
line 69: genfile: command not found
+tar: f: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
+tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
+tar: f: Not found in archive
+tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
+cmp: f: No such file or directory
--- - 2026-02-19 13:05:14.000000000 +0100
+++
/opt/local/var/macports/build/gnutar-7f9e2dd8/work/tar-1.35.90/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/95/stdout
2026-02-19
I performed the as: sudo -u macports ./testsuite --color=always -j 1 -v -x -d
-k extrac09
Configure has small problem:
checking whether localtime_r is declared... yes
checking whether localtime_r is compatible with its POSIX signature...
yes
checking whether localtime works even near extrema... ./configure: line
51384: 19177 Alarm clock ( TZ=QQQ0 ./conftest$EXEEXT ) > /dev/null
2>&1
no
checking for timezone_t... no
checking for tzalloc... no
--
Greetings
Pete
To drink without thirst and to make love all the time, madam, it is only these
which distinguish us from the other beasts.
– Beaumarchais