%general-entities; ]> tar &tar-version;
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 Tar-&tar-version; Tar <para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&tar-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&tar-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Tar Again, fix a bug that was inserted into the latest code release: sed -i /SIGPIPE/d src/tar.c Also, fix a bug that causes a buffer overflow when creating a new tar file. This fix is needed when building with gcc-4.5 and later. patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-overflow-patch; Prepare Tar for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin Compile the package: make To test the results (about 1 SBU), issue: sed -i '35 i\ AT_UNPRIVILEGED_PREREQ' tests/remfiles01.at make check Install the package: make install Contents of Tar Installed programs rmt and tar Short Descriptions rmt Remotely manipulates a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection rmt tar Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs tar