Problem with gnutar on 10.5.8 can't install ports

[patrick.c.moore@…]

My OS is 10.5.8 and no matter what I try to install I keep getting this error:

Command output: /usr/bin/gnutar: unrecognized option `--no-same-owner

gzip: stdout: Broken pipe

I installed MacPorts from the package, will compiling from source fix this problem?

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Given that nobody has reported this before I'd lean towards it being a problem specific to your system. This is what gnutar looks like on my 10.5.8 system:

$ gnutar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
$ ls -l /usr/bin/gnutar
-rwxr-xr-x  2 root  wheel  413248 Jun 18  2009 /usr/bin/gnutar
$ file /usr/bin/gnutar
/usr/bin/gnutar: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/usr/bin/gnutar (for architecture i386):	Mach-O executable i386
/usr/bin/gnutar (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O executable ppc

How about yours?

[patrick.c.moore@…]

I am also on 10.5.8

patrick-moores-macbook-pro:~ Cory$ gnutar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13 patrick-moores-macbook-pro:~ Cory$ gnutar --version Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. patrick-moores-macbook-pro:~ Cory$ ls -l /usr/bin/gnutar -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 153244 Jul 27 2002 /usr/bin/gnutar patrick-moores-macbook-pro:~ Cory$ file /usr/bin/gnutar /usr/bin/gnutar: Mach-O executable ppc

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Well, that's the problem. I don't know how you got such an old version of gnutar on an MBP, as even Tiger ships with 1.14. You might try installing the 10.5.8 combo update again?