From 4cd9bd19cd8fecf1dd4cff1f0178091da2ef1316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:57:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Drop unused tar dependency

---
 configure.ac | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c8d59a212..6c36787f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -285,17 +285,6 @@ if test "$(uname)" = "Darwin"; then
 fi
 
 
-# Do we have GNU tar?
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([if you have a recent GNU tar])
-if $tar --version 2> /dev/null | grep -q GNU && tar cvf /dev/null --warning=no-timestamp ./config.log > /dev/null; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    tarFlags="--warning=no-timestamp"
-else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-fi
-AC_SUBST(tarFlags)
-
-
 AC_ARG_WITH(sandbox-shell, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-sandbox-shell=PATH],
   [path of a statically-linked shell to use as /bin/sh in sandboxes]),
   sandbox_shell=$withval)