Hi Daniel, I'm afraid I completely disagree with your recent changes.
This isn't a wishlist bug; it's causing build failures. I want to have
star(1) installed for the times I want star instead of tar, but in doing
so I have ./configure scripts looking for GNU tar use it in preference
to the
** Changed in: star (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium = Wishlist
** Summary changed:
- star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.
+ Please clarify/document that star (which installs gnutar) is not GNU tar
** Tags added: bitesize packaging
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Please clarify/document that star (which installs
Maybe /bin/gnutar should be managed through /etc/alternatives?
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star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828
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Etienne, I don't see why. star's claim to emulate GNU tar seems false;
hence building Firefox failing above. It isn't really a GNU tar, I
suspect its author just wanted to usurp GNU tar and have configure
scripts use it. If people want star for its benefits, that's fine. But
if someone's
When building Firefox directly from Mozilla's source, the presence of
this gnutar (i.e. star) causes make package to fail: an emtpy tar.bz2
file is created.
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star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1828
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I don't run Feisty yet, but yes:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-
bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelistword=starversion=feistyarch=i386
and Gutsy:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-
bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelistword=starversion=gutsyarch=i386
** Changed in: star (Ubuntu)
Is this sitll an issue with Feisty of Gutsy ?
** Changed in: star (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Incomplete
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star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.
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Identical problems to original bug report confirmed in Ubuntu 6.06.
** Changed in: star (Ubuntu)
Status: Needs Info = Confirmed
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star installs gnutar which isn't GNU tar.
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Submitter. Can you please check out the latest stable release and
report back. This is an old bug and I will close in about 30 days if I
do not hear back. Thank you for the report.
** Changed in: star (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info
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star installs gnutar which isn't GNU
