[Rd] R 4.5.2 tar version

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel 
>>>>>     on Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:23:27 -0500 writes:

    > On 31 October 2025 at 05:59, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
    > | 
    > | The 4.5.2 tar.gz is functional, but my GNU tar here whines with screenfuls of
    > | 
    > |   tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword 'LIBARCHIVE.xattr.com.apple.provenance'

    > Actually not ok. I also contains 5k of those macos files:

    > $ find . -type f -name ._\* | wc -l
    > 5378
    > $ 

    > Deleted those and proceeded with a re-created tar.gz.

The tarballs on CRAN have been replaced in the mean time, such
that I don't see any Apple-crap anymore ( ._* files)

The warning above still gets emitted (to stderr), but only once.
Martin


    > Dirk

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