# Check how to create a tarball. -*- Autoconf -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
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-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
-# 02111-1307, USA.
-
-# serial 1
-
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
# _AM_PROG_TAR(FORMAT)
# --------------------
# Check how to create a tarball in format FORMAT.
-# FORMAT should be one of `v7', `ustar', or `pax'.
+# FORMAT should be one of 'v7', 'ustar', or 'pax'.
#
# Substitute a variable $(am__tar) that is a command
# writing to stdout a FORMAT-tarball containing the directory
# Substitute a variable $(am__untar) that extract such
# a tarball read from stdin.
# $(am__untar) < result.tar
+#
AC_DEFUN([_AM_PROG_TAR],
-[# Always define AMTAR for backward compatibility.
-AM_MISSING_PROG([AMTAR], [tar])
+[# Always define AMTAR for backward compatibility. Yes, it's still used
+# in the wild :-( We should find a proper way to deprecate it ...
+AC_SUBST([AMTAR], ['$${TAR-tar}'])
+
+# We'll loop over all known methods to create a tar archive until one works.
+_am_tools='gnutar m4_if([$1], [ustar], [plaintar]) pax cpio none'
+
m4_if([$1], [v7],
- [am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"'; am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -'],
- [m4_case([$1], [ustar],, [pax],,
- [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])
-# Loop over all known methods to create a tar archive until one works.
-for _am_tool in ${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-gnutar m4_if([$1], [ustar], [plaintar]) pax cpio none}
-do
- case $_am_tool in
- gnutar)
- for _am_tar in tar gnutar gtar;
- do
- AM_RUN_LOG([$_am_tar --version]) && break
- done
- am__tar="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$$tardir"'
- am__tar_="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$tardir"'
- am__untar="$_am_tar -xf -"
- ;;
- plaintar)
- # Must skip GNU tar: if it does not support --format= it doesn't create
- # ustar tarball either.
- (tar --version) >/dev/null 2>&1 && continue
- am__tar='tar chf - "$$tardir"'
- am__tar_='tar chf - "$tardir"'
- am__untar='tar xf -'
- ;;
- pax)
- am__tar='pax -L -x $1 -w "$$tardir"'
- am__tar_='pax -L -x $1 -w "$tardir"'
- am__untar='pax -r'
- ;;
- cpio)
- am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
- am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
- am__untar='cpio -i -H $1 -d'
- ;;
- none)
- am__tar=false
- am__tar_=false
- am__untar=false
- ;;
- esac
+ [am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'],
- # If the value was cached, stop now. We just wanted to have am__tar
- # and am__untar set.
- test -n "${am_cv_prog_tar_$1}" && break
+ [m4_case([$1],
+ [ustar],
+ [# The POSIX 1988 'ustar' format is defined with fixed-size fields.
+ # There is notably a 21 bits limit for the UID and the GID. In fact,
+ # the 'pax' utility can hang on bigger UID/GID (see automake bug#8343
+ # and bug#13588).
+ am_max_uid=2097151 # 2^21 - 1
+ am_max_gid=$am_max_uid
+ # The $UID and $GID variables are not portable, so we need to resort
+ # to the POSIX-mandated id(1) utility. Errors in the 'id' calls
+ # below are definitely unexpected, so allow the users to see them
+ # (that is, avoid stderr redirection).
+ am_uid=`id -u || echo unknown`
+ am_gid=`id -g || echo unknown`
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether UID '$am_uid' is supported by ustar format])
+ if test $am_uid -le $am_max_uid; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+ _am_tools=none
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether GID '$am_gid' is supported by ustar format])
+ if test $am_gid -le $am_max_gid; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+ _am_tools=none
+ fi],
- # tar/untar a dummy directory, and stop if the command works
- rm -rf conftest.dir
- mkdir conftest.dir
- echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
- AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
+ [pax],
+ [],
+
+ [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])
+
+ # Go ahead even if we have the value already cached. We do so because we
+ # need to set the values for the 'am__tar' and 'am__untar' variables.
+ _am_tools=${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-$_am_tools}
+
+ for _am_tool in $_am_tools; do
+ case $_am_tool in
+ gnutar)
+ for _am_tar in tar gnutar gtar; do
+ AM_RUN_LOG([$_am_tar --version]) && break
+ done
+ am__tar="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$$tardir"'
+ am__tar_="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$tardir"'
+ am__untar="$_am_tar -xf -"
+ ;;
+ plaintar)
+ # Must skip GNU tar: if it does not support --format= it doesn't create
+ # ustar tarball either.
+ (tar --version) >/dev/null 2>&1 && continue
+ am__tar='tar chf - "$$tardir"'
+ am__tar_='tar chf - "$tardir"'
+ am__untar='tar xf -'
+ ;;
+ pax)
+ am__tar='pax -L -x $1 -w "$$tardir"'
+ am__tar_='pax -L -x $1 -w "$tardir"'
+ am__untar='pax -r'
+ ;;
+ cpio)
+ am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
+ am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
+ am__untar='cpio -i -H $1 -d'
+ ;;
+ none)
+ am__tar=false
+ am__tar_=false
+ am__untar=false
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ # If the value was cached, stop now. We just wanted to have am__tar
+ # and am__untar set.
+ test -n "${am_cv_prog_tar_$1}" && break
+
+ # tar/untar a dummy directory, and stop if the command works.
+ rm -rf conftest.dir
+ mkdir conftest.dir
+ echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
+ AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
+ rm -rf conftest.dir
+ if test -s conftest.tar; then
+ AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
+ AM_RUN_LOG([cat conftest.dir/file])
+ grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+ fi
+ done
rm -rf conftest.dir
- if test -s conftest.tar; then
- AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
- grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
- fi
-done
-rm -rf conftest.dir
-AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])
+ AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])
+
AC_SUBST([am__tar])
AC_SUBST([am__untar])
]) # _AM_PROG_TAR