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diff --git a/missing b/missing
index 86a8fc3..28055d2 100755
--- a/missing
+++ b/missing
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Common stub for a few missing GNU programs while installing.
-scriptversion=2012-01-06.13; # UTC
+scriptversion=2009-04-28.21; # UTC
# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
-# 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# Originally by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Supported PROGRAM values:
help2man touch the output file
lex create \`lex.yy.c', if possible, from existing .c
makeinfo touch the output file
+ tar try tar, gnutar, gtar, then tar without non-portable flags
yacc create \`y.tab.[ch]', if possible, from existing .[ch]
Version suffixes to PROGRAM as well as the prefixes \`gnu-', \`gnu', and
@@ -121,6 +122,15 @@ case $1 in
# Not GNU programs, they don't have --version.
;;
+ tar*)
+ if test -n "$run"; then
+ echo 1>&2 "ERROR: \`tar' requires --run"
+ exit 1
+ elif test "x$2" = "x--version" || test "x$2" = "x--help"; then
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ ;;
+
*)
if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
# We have it, but it failed.
@@ -216,7 +226,7 @@ WARNING: \`$1' $msg. You should only need it if
\`Bison' from any GNU archive site."
rm -f y.tab.c y.tab.h
if test $# -ne 1; then
- eval LASTARG=\${$#}
+ eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
case $LASTARG in
*.y)
SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/y$/c/'`
@@ -246,7 +256,7 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is $msg. You should only need it if
\`Flex' from any GNU archive site."
rm -f lex.yy.c
if test $# -ne 1; then
- eval LASTARG=\${$#}
+ eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
case $LASTARG in
*.l)
SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/l$/c/'`
@@ -308,6 +318,41 @@ WARNING: \`$1' is $msg. You should only need it if
touch $file
;;
+ tar*)
+ shift
+
+ # We have already tried tar in the generic part.
+ # Look for gnutar/gtar before invocation to avoid ugly error
+ # messages.
+ if (gnutar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
+ gnutar "$@" && exit 0
+ fi
+ if (gtar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
+ gtar "$@" && exit 0
+ fi
+ firstarg="$1"
+ if shift; then
+ case $firstarg in
+ *o*)
+ firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/o//`
+ tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
+ ;;
+ esac
+ case $firstarg in
+ *h*)
+ firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/h//`
+ tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
+ ;;
+ esac
+ fi
+
+ echo 1>&2 "\
+WARNING: I can't seem to be able to run \`tar' with the given arguments.
+ You may want to install GNU tar or Free paxutils, or check the
+ command line arguments."
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+
*)
echo 1>&2 "\
WARNING: \`$1' is needed, and is $msg.