[jira] Closed: (MPDIST-2) tar command 'U' option not supported on Solaris OS.

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   The following issue has been closed.

   Resolver: Brett Porter
       Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 6:53 PM

thanks, but as coincidence would have it I did just this today already :)
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        Key: MPDIST-2
    Summary: tar command  'U' option not supported on Solaris OS.
       Type: Bug

     Status: Closed
   Priority: Major
 Resolution: FIXED

 Original Estimate: Unknown
 Time Spent: Unknown
  Remaining: Unknown

    Project: maven-dist-plugin

   Assignee: Brett Porter
   Reporter: Martin Lambert

    Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 6:21 AM
    Updated: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 6:53 PM
Environment: Sun Solaris v5.8

Description:
Unlike the site plugin that uses a property to set the tar program used (maven.site.tar.executable), the dist plugin uses the hard coded string 'tar' to run the tar command. This is a problem on Solaris OS where the 'U' option is not supported by the standard tar program.

Below is the snippet of plugin.jelly script in question (dist:deploy  goal) -

<deploy:artifact
      artifact="distributions.tar.gz"
      type="distributions"
      assureDirectoryCommand="mkdir -p"
      siteCommand="cd @deployDirectory@;gunzip distributions.tar.gz;tar xUvf distributions.tar;chmod -R g+u *;rm distributions.tar"
    />

It would seem appropriate/consistent to replace the hard coded string with a 'maven.dist.tar.executable' to allow a different tar program, i.e. GNU tar, that supports the 'U' to be used. This would default to a value of 'tar' and therefore be transparent in behaviour for most people.

This bug was also present in Beta 10.

Cheers,

Martin.


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