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commit    745b99c6444f00befae77dc69c7a63529d751daf
Author:   Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Date:     Wed Dec 08 21:45:39 2021 +0000

    Revert "Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it"
    
    This reverts commit f920f7e799c587228227ec94356c760e3f3d5f2b.
    
    The patch in effect fixed a problem we didn't have and caused another
    instead.
    
    Backpatch to release 14 like original
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3655283.1638977975@sss.pgh.pa.us


 src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
index a7ded069447..e56825382c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -267,9 +267,11 @@ is(scalar(@tblspc_tars), 1, 'one tablespace tar was created');
 SKIP:
 {
 	my $tar = $ENV{TAR};
+	# don't check for a working tar here, to accomodate various odd
+	# cases such as AIX. If tar doesn't work the init_from_backup below
+	# will fail.
 	skip "no tar program available", 1
-	  if (!defined $tar || $tar eq ''
-		  || system_log($tar, '--version') != 0);
+	  if (!defined $tar || $tar eq '');
 
 	my $node2 = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('replica');
 


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