Bug 986539

Summary:	rpmbuild fails in %setup because of missing tar
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Matthew Farrellee <matt>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team <packaging-team-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	19	CC:	ffesti, jzeleny, novyjindrich, packaging-team-maint, pknirsch, pmatilai
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Last Closed:	2013-09-11 02:06:13 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Matthew Farrellee 2013-07-20 11:51:49 UTC

Description of problem:

A base Fedora 19 install does not include tar. %setup requires tar.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rpm-build-4.11.1-1.fc19.x86_64


How reproducible:

100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpmbuild --rebuild <a src.rpm with a tarball source>

Actual results:

# rpmbuild --rebuild savanna-0.2-1.fc19.src.rpm
Installing savanna-0.2-1.fc19.src.rpm
Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.GrEWy4
+ umask 022
+ cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ rm -rf savanna-0.2
+ /usr/bin/gzip -dc /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/savanna-0.2.tar.gz
+ /usr/bin/tar -xf -
/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.GrEWy4: line 30: /usr/bin/tar: No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.GrEWy4 (%prep)


Additional info:

Workaround is to manually install tar.

Comment 1 Panu Matilainen 2013-07-23 18:40:05 UTC

(In reply to Matthew Farrellee from comment #0)
> A base Fedora 19 install does not include tar. %setup requires tar.

WTF? Who would ever expect tar to be always available on a unix-like system...

Regardless of Fedora's defaults which keep getting stranger and stranger, obviously a missing dependency is a bug, thanks for reporting.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2013-09-09 13:13:17 UTC

rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-09-09 23:58:57 UTC

Package rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-16239/rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-09-11 02:06:13 UTC

rpm-4.11.1-3.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.