FS#17370 - [libtool] Is dependency on (gnu) tar necessary?

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jim Pryor (Profjim) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 00:17 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 05 December 2009, 10:00 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Allan McRae (Allan)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I was wondering why I need three tar handlers on my machine (bsdtar from core/libarchive, aur/pax, core/(gnu)tar). Turns out the only thing depending on (gnu)tar was libarchive, and as I poked around further I couldn't find any evidence that libarchive still does require it. The docs nowhere say so. It builds fine without it, and there's no mention of tar in the configure output. Plus the /usr/lib/libarchive.so.2.7.1 one gets by building without tar looks to have the same dependencies (according to ldd) as the one from core. Now nothing seems broken...does libarchive really still require (gnu)tar after all? bsdtar which we need for pacman wouldn't be enough?

* package version(s): core/libarchive 2.7.1-1
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 05 December 2009, 10:00 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:   FS#10612 
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 03:04 GMT
Is this about libarchive or libtool?
Comment by Jim Pryor (Profjim) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 10:16 GMT
Sorry, I don't know why I messed up the description. I mean libtool throughout...does it need the dependency on tar?
Comment by Jim Pryor (Profjim) - Friday, 04 December 2009, 10:28 GMT
And so the package version I'm talking about is core/libtool 2.2.6b-1, though this dependency has been declared for a while I believe.
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 05 December 2009, 10:00 GMT
tar is needed for libtoolize - see  FS#10612 

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