dpkg-deb Can not build packages with OSX Tar

[richard.maynard@…]

When trying to use DPKG to build a package it relies on the 'gnu' format with tar. This format is not available on OSX and needs to be changed to something portable. I do not believe there is a configuration file for this.

here are the resulting errors: dpkg-deb: building package common-system-config' in common-system-config.deb'. Can't use format gnu: No such format 'gnu': Invalid argument Usage:

List: tar -tf <archive-filename> Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename> Create: tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...] Help: tar --help

dpkg-deb: subprocess tar -cf returned error exit status 1