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# Check how to create a tarball.                            -*- Autoconf -*-

# Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

# _AM_PROG_TAR(FORMAT)
# --------------------
# Check how to create a tarball in format FORMAT.
# FORMAT should be one of 'v7', 'ustar', or 'pax'.
#
# Substitute a variable $(am__tar) that is a command
# writing to stdout a FORMAT-tarball containing the directory
# $tardir.
#     tardir=directory && $(am__tar) > result.tar
#
# Substitute a variable $(am__untar) that extract such
# a tarball read from stdin.
#     $(am__untar) < result.tar
#
AC_DEFUN([_AM_PROG_TAR],
[# Always define AMTAR for backward compatibility.  Yes, it's still used
# in the wild :-(  We should find a proper way to deprecate it ...
AC_SUBST([AMTAR], ['$${TAR-tar}'])

# We'll loop over all known methods to create a tar archive until one works.
_am_tools='gnutar m4_if([$1], [ustar], [plaintar]) pax cpio none'

m4_if([$1], [v7],
  [am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'],

  [m4_case([$1],
    [ustar],
     [# The POSIX 1988 'ustar' format is defined with fixed-size fields.
      # There is notably a 21 bits limit for the UID and the GID.  In fact,
      # the 'pax' utility can hang on bigger UID/GID (see automake bug#8343
      # and bug#13588).
      am_max_uid=2097151 # 2^21 - 1
      am_max_gid=$am_max_uid
      # The $UID and $GID variables are not portable, so we need to resort
      # to the POSIX-mandated id(1) utility.  Errors in the 'id' calls
      # below are definitely unexpected, so allow the users to see them
      # (that is, avoid stderr redirection).
      am_uid=`id -u || echo unknown`
      am_gid=`id -g || echo unknown`
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether UID '$am_uid' is supported by ustar format])
      if test $am_uid -le $am_max_uid; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
      else
         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
         _am_tools=none
      fi
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether GID '$am_gid' is supported by ustar format])
      if test $am_gid -le $am_max_gid; then
         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
        _am_tools=none
      fi],

  [pax],
    [],

  [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])

  AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])

  # Go ahead even if we have the value already cached.  We do so because we
  # need to set the values for the 'am__tar' and 'am__untar' variables.
  _am_tools=${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-$_am_tools}

  for _am_tool in $_am_tools; do
    case $_am_tool in
    gnutar)
      for _am_tar in tar gnutar gtar; do
        AM_RUN_LOG([$_am_tar --version]) && break
      done
      am__tar="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$$tardir"'
      am__tar_="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$tardir"'
      am__untar="$_am_tar -xf -"
      ;;
    plaintar)
      # Must skip GNU tar: if it does not support --format= it doesn't create
      # ustar tarball either.
      (tar --version) >/dev/null 2>&1 && continue
      am__tar='tar chf - "$$tardir"'
      am__tar_='tar chf - "$tardir"'
      am__untar='tar xf -'
      ;;
    pax)
      am__tar='pax -L -x $1 -w "$$tardir"'
      am__tar_='pax -L -x $1 -w "$tardir"'
      am__untar='pax -r'
      ;;
    cpio)
      am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
      am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
      am__untar='cpio -i -H $1 -d'
      ;;
    none)
      am__tar=false
      am__tar_=false
      am__untar=false
      ;;
    esac

    # If the value was cached, stop now.  We just wanted to have am__tar
    # and am__untar set.
    test -n "${am_cv_prog_tar_$1}" && break

    # tar/untar a dummy directory, and stop if the command works.
    rm -rf conftest.dir
    mkdir conftest.dir
    echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
    AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
    rm -rf conftest.dir
    if test -s conftest.tar; then
      AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
      AM_RUN_LOG([cat conftest.dir/file])
      grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
    fi
  done
  rm -rf conftest.dir

  AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
  AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])

AC_SUBST([am__tar])
AC_SUBST([am__untar])
]) # _AM_PROG_TAR