{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/2535","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/2535/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/2535/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/2535/events","html_url":"https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/2535","id":51002877,"number":2535,"title":"tar does not support -z on Solaris and AIX (chef solo -r flag specifically)","user":{"login":"scotthain","id":2817921,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2817921?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain","html_url":"https://github.com/scotthain","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/scotthain/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2014-12-04T17:22:01Z","updated_at":"2015-05-13T17:26:05Z","closed_at":null,"body":"As seen here:\r\nhttps://github.com/opscode/chef/blob/master/lib/chef/application/solo.rb#L205\r\nwe make the assumption that the platform has a gnu tar that supports the -z flag.\r\n\r\nI feel we should either:\r\n1. not make the assumption of -z and change this to the 'oldest common denominator\" uncompression tools OR\r\n2. document that gnu tar needs to be a pre-req and first on your path (as 'tar') in the runtime environment."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/comments/101752361","html_url":"https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/2535#issuecomment-101752361","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chef/chef/issues/2535","id":101752361,"user":{"login":"lamont-granquist","id":454857,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/454857?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist","html_url":"https://github.com/lamont-granquist","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/lamont-granquist/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-13T17:26:05Z","updated_at":"2015-05-13T17:26:05Z","body":"Okay, so turns out i was incorrect and some neurons got crossed.  So `tar xf foo.tar.bz2` will magically decompress it, but `tar xzf foo.tar.gz` errors out with a complaint about it not being gzipped.  "}}