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-rwxr-xr-xsupport/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
index 0857307396..934cb61299 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ major=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1`
minor=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f2`
bugfix=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f3`
version_bsd=`$tar --version | grep 'bsdtar'`
-if [ ! -z "${version_bsd}" ] ; then
- # mark as invalid version - not all command line options are available
- major=0
- minor=0
+
+# BSD tar does not have all the command-line options
+if [ -n "${version_bsd}" ] ; then
+ # echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+ exit 1
fi
# Minimal version = 1.27 (previous versions do not correctly unpack archives
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