Document tarball downloading

2015-06-01 15:14:44 +02:00
parent c1323b53e3
commit da196ec68f
6 changed files with 171 additions and 15 deletions
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ Path downloadFileCached(const string & url, bool unpack)
            printMsg(lvlInfo, format("unpacking ‘%1%’...") % url);
            Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
            AutoDelete autoDelete(tmpDir, true);
+            // FIXME: this requires GNU tar for decompression.
            runProgram("tar", true, {"xf", storePath, "-C", tmpDir, "--strip-components", "1"}, "");
            unpackedStorePath = store->addToStore(name, tmpDir, true, htSHA256, defaultPathFilter, false);
        }