require 'formula' class GnuTar < Formula homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/' url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz' mirror 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.gz' sha1 'ba89cba98c1a6aea3c80cda5ddcd5eceb5adbb9b' def install args = ["--prefix=#{prefix}", "--mandir=#{man}"] args << "--program-prefix=g" system "./configure", *args system "make install" # Symlink the executable into libexec/gnubin as "tar" (libexec/'gnubin').install_symlink bin/"gtar" => "tar" end def caveats; <<-EOS.undent gnu-tar has been installed as 'gtar'. If you really need to use it as 'tar', you can add a 'gnubin' directory to your PATH from your bashrc like: PATH="#{opt_prefix}/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" EOS end end