configure's tar ustar test can fail on Solaris

[Werner Koch]

On Sun,  9 Jul 2006 00:12, Mark Davies said:

> -        $_mytar -cf - conftest.txt | grep -q ustar
> +        $_mytar -cf - conftest.txt | strings | grep -q ustar

I am not sure whether strings is available on all platforms. What
about

  $_mytar -cf - conftest.txt | ( strings || cat ) | grep -q ustar



Shalom-Salam,

   Werner