#13979: Don't use gtar to produce FreeBSD binary distribution -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bgamari | Owner: bgamari Type: task | Status: patch Priority: highest | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #13974 | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3767 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>): In [changeset:"fefcbfa86b73517d5002366d0703ce694c6d228d/ghc" fefcbfa8/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="fefcbfa86b73517d5002366d0703ce694c6d228d" build system: Ensure there are no duplicate files in bindist list Several executables inexplicably appear twice in bindist.list, which ends up producing multiple tar file entries, consequently breaking BSD tar during extraction. I spent a fair amount of time trying to work out where these duplicates were coming from to no avail. Since Hadrian is right around the corner I'm satisfied with a terrible hack: just uniq bindist.list before producing the bindist tarball. Test Plan: Validate Reviewers: austin Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie GHC Trac Issues: #13979, #13974 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3767 }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13979#comment:6> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler