Juan RP wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> looks like libxml2 now requires GNU tar (archivers/gtar-base) even on
> systems where the tar command should be good enough (e.g NetBSD)...
> 
> * Why gtar is required?
>  
> * Is there any special reason for this?
> 
> I think we must change this to "USE_TOOLS+= tar" instead.
> 
> 

Does it even need "USE_TOOLS+= tar"? The change was part of the package
upgrade of libxml2 from 2.6.19 to 2.6.20, and I can see no reason why
the package would suddenly require GNU tar ...

Chris