[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#913582: Bug#913582: gpg-zip: wrong default TAR path if built on a merged-/usr system and used on an unmerged-/usr system

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Control: tags 913582 + confirmed upstream
Control: forwarded 913582 https://dev.gnupg.org/T4251

Thanks for catching this, Simon!

On Mon 2018-11-12 16:48:29 +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
> * Have two systems/chroots/containers, one with merged /usr (/bin is a
>   symlink to /usr/bin) and one without
> * Build gnupg2 on the first system
> * Install it on the second system and use gpg-zip
>
> Expected result:
>
> * gpg-zip invokes /bin/tar (or just tar as found in PATH) and succeeds
>
> Actual result:
>
> * gpg-zip invokes /usr/bin/tar and fails

I've reported this upstream, as noted above.  I'd like to avoid adding a
workaround to the package configuration and build if possible, and just
get it fixed at the source.

    --dkg
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