homebrew-core/Formula/gnu-tar.rb

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require 'formula'
class GnuTar < Formula
homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/'
url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz'
mirror 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz'
sha1 'ba89cba98c1a6aea3c80cda5ddcd5eceb5adbb9b'
def install
args = ["--prefix=#{prefix}", "--mandir=#{man}"]
args << "--program-prefix=g"
system "./configure", *args
system "make install"
# Symlink the executable into libexec/gnubin as "tar"
(libexec/'gnubin').install_symlink bin/"gtar" => "tar"
end
def caveats; <<-EOS.undent
gnu-tar has been installed as 'gtar'.
If you really need to use it as 'tar', you can add a 'gnubin' directory
to your PATH from your bashrc like:
PATH="#{opt_prefix}/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
EOS
end
end