[GRASS5] Again Solaris/tar/Makefile problem

[Glynn Clements]

Justin Hickey wrote:

> > >       one of the problems on Solaris tar is that options MUST go 
> > > first (and i think it depends on getopt in the libraries which
> > > behaves strangely). I installed Grass on a solaris, and solved the
> > > tar problem that way (just moved options at the beginning).
> > 
> > Huh? The options are at the beginning:
> > 
> >         ${SHELL} -c "cd ${GISBASE} ; tar cBf - bin/ | (cd ${INST_DIR} 
> > ; tar xBf - ) 2>/dev/null ; true"
> > 
> > We're not using the newer "dash" form (switches preceded with dashes,
> > with arguments immediately following the corresponding switch).
> 
> Has this been solved yet? I just don't want this to be ignored again.

Nothing has changed yet. I think that the relevant issue is a few
messages back:

> Is it not safe to simply omit the trailing slash?

Unless someone actually says "no, FooOS complains if you omit the
trailing slash", I suggest that we remove it.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>

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