[MacPorts] #31772: libiconv @1.14_0 install error - /usr/bin/tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in archive

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#31772: libiconv @1.14_0 install error - /usr/bin/tar: +CONTENTS: Not found in
archive
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 Reporter:  tjfulle@…           |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports               |     Version:  2.0.3                  
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  libiconv               
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Comment(by tjfulle@…):

 ryandesign,

 your last post led me to the solution to the problem.  Upon executing

 {{{% ls -l {/opt/local,/usr}/bin/{bzip2,{,bsd,gnu}tar}
 ls: /opt/local/bin/bsdtar: No such file or directory
 ls: /opt/local/bin/gnutar: No such file or directory
 ls: /opt/local/bin/tar: No such file or directory
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 tjfulle  admin   42040 Apr 21  2011 /opt/local/bin/bzip2*
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root     wheel  191920 Jun 24  2010 /usr/bin/bsdtar*
 -rwxr-xr-x  3 root     wheel  121968 Apr 22  2011 /usr/bin/bzip2*
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 root     wheel  987408 Apr  7  2010 /usr/bin/gnutar*
 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root     wheel       6 Dec  9  2010 /usr/bin/tar ->
 gnutar}}}

 I noticed that /usr/bin/tar -> /usr/bin/gnutar, and not /usr/bin/bsdtar as
 is standard (other software I work with requires /usr/bin/tar be gnutar).
 I restored the symbolic link /usr/bin/tar -> /usr/bin/bsdtar and libinconv
 installs just fine.  It is interesting that this problem had never
 surfaced in the past, since swapping /usr/bin/tar from bsdtar to gnutar is
 one of the first things that I did with this new computer.[[BR]]
 [[BR]]
 Thanks to all for the help.  Unless someone wants to track down why gnutar
 chokes on installing libiconv, I would consider this issue resolved.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31772#comment:9>
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