tools/star/Makefile doesn't work on OS X due to lack of tar --xform

[bbkr]

make -f tools/star/Makefile

gives following error

tar --xform 's!parrot-[^/]*!parrot!' -xvzf src/parrot-5.5.0.tar.gz
tar: Option --xform is not supported

OS X 10.7.4

$ tar --version
bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3

BTW: I know that this tool is only used by person who creates release. If it cannot be made OS-context-free without significant amount of work then this issue can be closed or left as low priority task for some future refactoring.

[stmuk]

We could just list gmake as a requirement in the build requirements. It might be work trying on FreeBSD or OS X to catch other possible GNUisms,

[clouds56]

$ brew install gnu-tar
$ export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
$ make -f tools/star/Makefile

[stmuk]

Looks like you are trying to build a Rakudo Star distribution itself rather than Rakudo Star. See https://github.com/rakudo/star/blob/master/README.md

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[bbkr]

Yes. Issue is about creating Star distribution itself.

Task was created when panda was in early stage of development and zef haven't existed yet.
Star was the fastest way to get bunch of modules and I remember trying to rebuild Star distribution to test compatibility after some changes.

There are at least 2 solutions now to achieve that on macOS - use gnu-tar replacement or just do it in Docker container. I don't see any reason to maintain macOS compatible Makefiles.

So in my opinion it can be now closed.