From f8bd014082fb23b671e0a9cc27b0b40d3fb7f395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephane Peter <megastep@megastep.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:50:59 -0700
Subject: Try to use GNU tar if available; switch to pax

---
 makeself.sh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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"
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