support/dependencies: drop check for maximal tar version

So far, we checked that the tar present on the host was at most tar
1.29, because tar 1.30 changed the way it generates archives.

Having a maximum tar version requirement meant that we would eventually
always have to build our own host-tar, as distributions are updating
the version they use.

But now, we have found a way to generate reproducible archives starting
with tar 1.27 onward, so we no longer need the check for a maximum tar
version, so we can drop that requirement.

Note: this is semantically a revert of b8fa273d500b (check-host-tar.sh:
blacklist tar 1.30+), but keeping the new, mostly-linear code-path.

Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Vincent Fazio <vfazio@xes-inc.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Fazio <vfazio@xes-inc.com>

diff --git a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
index 934cb612992c8fd19c456614c2e54024dc499d40..b7d607a47a0ba251241a28af4b63dd3a22b629e1 100755 (executable)
--- a/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh
@@ -33,14 +33,7 @@ fi
 major_min=1
 minor_min=27
 
-# Maximal version = 1.29 (1.30 changed --numeric-owner output for
-# filenames > 100 characters). This is really a fix for a bug in
-# earlier tar versions regarding deterministic output so it is
-# unlikely to be reverted in later versions.
-major_max=1
-minor_max=29
-
-if [ $major -lt $major_min -o $major -gt $major_max ]; then
+if [ $major -lt $major_min ]; then
        # echo nothing: no suitable tar found
        exit 1
 fi
@@ -50,10 +43,5 @@ if [ $major -eq $major_min -a $minor -lt $minor_min ]; then
        exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ $major -eq $major_max -a $minor -gt $minor_max ]; then
-       # echo nothing: no suitable tar found
-       exit 1
-fi
-
 # valid
 echo $tar