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

[richard.maynard@…]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Don't forget to use WikiFormatting.

GNU tar is available in the port "gnutar" if you want it...