initial buildroot for linux 5.15

support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+candidate="$1"
+
+tar=`which $candidate`
+if [ ! -x "$tar" ]; then
+	tar=`which tar`
+	if [ ! -x "$tar" ]; then
+		# echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Output of 'tar --version' examples:
+# tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
+# tar (GNU tar) 1.25
+# bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3
+version=`$tar --version | head -n 1 | sed 's/^.*\s\([0-9]\+\.\S\+\).*$/\1/'`
+major=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1`
+minor=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f2`
+bugfix=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f3`
+version_bsd=`$tar --version | grep 'bsdtar'`
+
+# BSD tar does not have all the command-line options
+if [ -n "${version_bsd}" ] ; then
+    # echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Minimal version = 1.27 (previous versions do not correctly unpack archives
+# containing hard-links if the --strip-components option is used or create
+# different gnu long link headers for path elements > 100 characters).
+major_min=1
+minor_min=27
+
+if [ $major -lt $major_min ]; then
+	# echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $major -eq $major_min -a $minor -lt $minor_min ]; then
+	# echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# valid
+echo $tar