[pkg-fso-maint] [BUG?] /usr/local/bin/tar not preferred to /bin/tar in Debian install.sh

[Steffen Moeller]

Hi Luca,

Luca Capello wrote:
> And I am lost: it seems that while the "correct" tar is the one in
> /usr/local/bin/tar [2], install.sh still uses /bin/tar.  Has anyone any
> clue about this behavior?

I (think to) have just fixed this with my latest commit of install.sh. That said, I think
a minimal tar that does not understand -z or -C would be sufficient.

tar -xz -C /  -f sometarfile.gz

then becomes

gzip -cd sometarfile.gz | (cd / && tar -xf -)

which might not be as neat but works with all the versions of tar out there.
 Suggestions? We would not need to download additional packages, then.

Many greetings

Steffen