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gnupg/m4/tar-ustar.m4
David Shaw 0b5bc307d7 * tar-ustar.m4: Use dd instead of strings as it's more likely to be
around.  Suggested by Nelson H. F. Beebe.
2006-07-12 14:41:08 +00:00

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dnl Check for a tar program that speaks ustar format
dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl
dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
dnl General Public License. As a special exception to the GNU General
dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
AC_DEFUN([GNUPG_CHECK_USTAR],
[
AC_ARG_WITH(tar,
AC_HELP_STRING([--with-tar=PATH],[look for a tar program in PATH]),
[_do_tar=$withval])
if test x$_do_tar != xno ; then
if test x$_do_tar = x ; then
AC_PATH_PROG(TAR,"tar")
_mytar=$ac_cv_path_TAR
fi
# Check if our tar is ustar format. If so, it's good. TODO: Add some
# code to check various options, etc, to try and create ustar
# format.
if test x$_mytar != x ; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $_mytar speaks USTAR])
echo hithere > conftest.txt
$_mytar -cf - conftest.txt | (dd skip=257 bs=1 count=5 2>/dev/null || cat) | grep ustar > /dev/null
_tar_bad=$?
rm conftest.txt
if test x$_tar_bad = x0 ; then
AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
else
AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
fi
fi
fi
AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_USTAR, test x$_tar_bad = x0)
])dnl