From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Lipe To: egcs@cygnus.com Subject: Re: OSR5 install of 971031 Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 09:43:00 -0000 Message-id: <19971103111542.55665@dgii.com> References: <17765.878575224@hurl.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1997-11/msg00095.html > > The "make install" will call on SCO's /usr/bin/tar if the > > PATH variable is not right. The "tar" in the install needs to > > be GNU tar, since it uses a command line switch which is not > > recognized by SCO tar. > Does SCO have cpio? If so that might be a better choice than > tar in this situation. Yes, OpenServer has cpio, as mandated by SVID II and X/Open 1992. It also provides pax as preferred by X/open 1992. Though I haven't done a 'make install', it looks like TAROUTOPTS will choke on the 'B' option, which appears to be a non-standard extention. Isn't it jusr really sad that 25+ years later, there isn't a portable, efficient, safe way to copy an arbitrary directory tree in UNIX? RJL