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Install this version:

emerge -a =app-alternatives/tar-0

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autounmask =app-alternatives/tar-0

Or alternatively:

emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-alternatives/tar-0

Package Information

Description:
Tar symlink

Ebuild Details

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
0 8 ~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris
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# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

EAPI=8

ALTERNATIVES=(
	"gnu:>=app-arch/tar-1.34-r2"
	libarchive:app-arch/libarchive
)

inherit app-alternatives

DESCRIPTION="Tar symlink"
KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~arm64-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
IUSE="split-usr"

RDEPEND="
	!<app-arch/tar-1.34-r2
"

src_install() {
	local usr_prefix=
	use split-usr && usr_prefix=../usr/bin/

	case $(get_alternative) in
		gnu)
			dosym gtar /bin/tar
			newman - tar.1 <<<".so gtar.1"
			;;
		libarchive)
			dosym "${usr_prefix}bsdtar" /bin/tar
			newman - tar.1 <<<".so bsdtar.1"
			;;
	esac
}

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p app-alternatives/tar | euse -E <flag> -p app-alternatives/tar | euse -D <flag> -p app-alternatives/tar

Global/Standard Flags

split-usr

Inherited Eclasses

app-alternatives

Dependencies

RDEPEND

	!<app-arch/tar-1.34-r2