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-rwxr-xr-xmakeself.sh6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/makeself.sh b/makeself.sh
index 6224cf5..64047ab 100755
--- a/makeself.sh
+++ b/makeself.sh
@@ -639,6 +639,10 @@ if test "$QUIET" = "n"; then
echo "Adding files to archive named \"$archname\"..."
fi
+# See if we have GNU tar
+TAR=`exec <&- 2>&-; which gtar || command -v gtar || type gtar`
+test -x "$TAR" || TAR=tar
+
tmparch="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mkself$$.tar"
(
if test "$APPEND" = "y"; then
@@ -664,7 +668,7 @@ tmparch="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mkself$$.tar"
\) -print \
| LC_ALL=C sort \
| sed 's/./\\&/g' \
- | xargs tar $TAR_EXTRA --format v7 -$TAR_ARGS "$tmparch"
+ | xargs $TAR $TAR_EXTRA --format pax -$TAR_ARGS "$tmparch"
) || {
echo "ERROR: failed to create temporary archive: $tmparch"
rm -f "$tmparch" "$tmpfile"