Yes -- According to which it's /usr/bin/tar, which is the original stock tar... (I wouldn't modify a system file without backing it up...GetFileInfo says it was created 8/24/13 & modified 11/22/13)
So, no, it's not using a non-standard tar (although I do have the fink version elsewhere). -----Original Message----- >From: Alexander Hansen <[email protected]> >Sent: May 22, 2014 11:52 PM >To: David Fass <[email protected]>, fink-beginners ><[email protected]>, [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems Bootstrapping Fink in 10.9.2 > >On 5/22/14, 8:08 PM, David Fass wrote: >> No, but... >> The reason I say this is I fudged bootstrap to do an rm ._$dir after each >> mkdir. >> This results in a whole series of : >> Creating directories... >> /bin/mkdir -p -m755 /sw >> rm ._/sw >> rm: ._/sw: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> rm ._. >> rm: ._.: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> /bin/mkdir -m755 /sw/etc >> rm /sw/._etc >> rm: /sw/._etc: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> /bin/mkdir -m755 /sw/etc/alternatives >> rm /sw/._etc/alternatives >> rm: /sw/._etc/alternatives: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> /bin/mkdir -m755 /sw/etc/apt >> rm /sw/._etc/apt >> rm: /sw/._etc/apt: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> /bin/mkdir -m755 /sw/src >> rm /sw/._src >> rm: /sw/._src: No such file or directory >> ### execution of rm failed, exit code 1 >> /bin/mkdir -m755 /sw/fink >> rm /sw/._fink >> rm: /sw/._fink: No such file >> ETC... >> >> Which says that actually mkdir has nothing to do with it. >> >> The 'issue' would seem to in the base-files and fink .debs... >> and their creation. >> Everything seems kosher...doesn't seem to fail, until the unpacking of fink. >> (I included the output generated, in case I missed something) >> >> I mean -- at the start of the process those files do not exist, but, by the >> end, they do. >> >> Which of course begs the questions of why and how its reaching outside of >> /sw -- it Ought to be sandboxed to /sw ... >> >> >> > >If the ._* files don't exist until the .deb archives are made, that >tends to point to tar as a possible culprit. Is your tar (before fink's >gets installed) the one that came with the system ('which tar')? > >-- >Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. >Fink User Liaison >My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
