Re: gtar-base failure as root

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 08:24:47AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> a) I know standard advice is not to use root but b) pkg_install into the
> system has to

pkg_install doesn't run configure.

> and so that's where the trojan would be

Not if it's a distfile trojan.

> and c) it ought to work.

Have you tried setting the environment variable? If it works, you can
add it to the pkgsrc Makefile.

> Is this a general issuein new autoconf, or a point issue in gtar?

I haven't seen this before.
 Thomas