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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 21:18:54 -0500
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> Git appears to install itself in front of c:\windows\system32 in PATH (which
> contains the system tar). Which I think means that after edc2332550 this will
> have to be manually addressed by most people running tests on windows
> manually? That doesn't seem great :(

Can we make the default be the system tar (ie a full path, not
just "tar")?  I have no idea if that's a stable thing on Windows ...

			regards, tom lane





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