id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc port 40881 Mavericks breaks port downloading: /bin/gnutar not present (but /bin/tar is) craig@… macports-tickets@… Mavericks ships with no /bin/gnutar, which prevents unpacking modules. I worked around this by symlinking /bin/tar -> /bin/gnutar, and that worked OK. Setting ports to use /bin/gnutar if present, but fall back to /bin/tar if not, should be a quick fix defect closed Normal base 2.2.0 invalid