Re: pgsql: Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it
Date: 2021-12-09 02:18:54
Message-ID: 3707204.1639016334@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> Git appears to install itself in front of c:\windows\system32 in PATH (which
> contains the system tar). Which I think means that after edc2332550 this will
> have to be manually addressed by most people running tests on windows
> manually? That doesn't seem great :(

Can we make the default be the system tar (ie a full path, not
just "tar")? I have no idea if that's a stable thing on Windows ...

regards, tom lane

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