%general-entities; ]> Tar Apply a patch to fix some issues with the test suite when using GCC-&gcc-version;: patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-gcc4_fix-patch; Tar has a bug when the -S option is used with files larger than 4 GB. The following patch properly fixes this issue: patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-sparse_fix-patch; Recent versions of Tar are vulnerable to a buffer overflow from specially crafted archives. The following patch addresses this: patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-security_fixes-patch; Prepare Tar for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --libexecdir=/usr/sbin Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install 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