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Re: OSR5 install of 971031
> > 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