8.67.2. Contents of Tar
Installed programs:
tar
Installed directory:
/usr/share/doc/tar-1.34
The Tar package provides the ability to create tar archives as well as perform various other kinds of archive manipulation. Tar can be used on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored.
Prepare Tar for compilation:
FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 \ ./configure --prefix=/usr
The meaning of the configure option:
FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1
This forces the test for mknod
to be run as root. It is
generally considered dangerous to run this test as the
root user, but as it is being
run on a system that has only been partially built,
overriding it is OK.
Compile the package:
make
To test the results (about 3 SBU), issue:
make check
One test, capabilities: binary store/restore, is known to fail.
Install the package:
make install make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-1.34