Don't update tar to version 0.4.2.0 or later.
Related to https://github.com/peti/nixpkgs/pull/11.
commit365f4f335ce8e3f384f6cc62b7a46796031610cc
authorPeter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
dateThu 9 Jul 2015, 15:59 (11 years ago)
parent83714b3
src/hackage2nix.hs+1
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ defaultConfiguration = Configuration
259259
260260 , defaultPackageOverrides = map (\s -> fromMaybe (error (show s ++ " is not a valid override selector")) (simpleParse s))
261261 [ "errors < 2" -- the update breaks some ~40 important packages
262+ , "tar < 0.4.2.0" -- later versions fail the regression test suite
262263 ]
263264
264265 , corePackages = map (\s -> fromMaybe (error (show s ++ " is not a valid core package")) (simpleParse s))