6.28. Tar-1.26

The Tar package contains an archiving program.

6.28.1. Installation of Tar

Configure can not properly determine the results of a few tests. Set them manually:

cat > config.cache << EOF
gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes
gl_cv_func_btowc_eof=yes
ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes
ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes
gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_incomplete_state=yes
gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_nul_retval=yes
gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_null_arg=yes
gl_cv_func_mbrtowc_retval=yes
gl_cv_func_wcrtomb_retval=yes
EOF

Prepare Tar for compilation:

CC="${CC} ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/tools \
   --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
   --cache-file=config.cache

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 10.83.2, “Contents of Tar.”