[GRASS5] [bug #1300] (grass) Installation failure on HP/UX 10.20

[Glynn Clements]

Request Tracker wrote:

> Subject: Installation failure on HP/UX 10.20
> 
> Platform: HP/UX
> grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
> grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> GRASS Version: 5.0.0
> 
> When installing grass, commands like
> /bin/sh -c "cd (dir) ; tar cBf (files) | (cd (installdir) ; tar xBf - )
> are used. But on the HP-provided tar, that gives:
> tar: B: unknown option

1. The "B" switch should only be used in conjunction with "x", not
with "c". It *may* be that removing it from the first tar command will
eliminate the problem (note that the error only occurs once, not
twice).

2. I have no idea whether the "B" switch is actually necessary on any
platform.

3. In the longer term, we shouldn't be using "tar" anyhow. The
[G]makefiles should have an "install" target which installs individual
files with the "install" program.

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