#5489 - Make release: tar on Windows 11 "option --force-local is not supported" – Composr CMS: Your Data, Your Privacy, Your Control

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By Guest posted 6th Dec 2023, 12:14 PM

temporary fix via https://gitlab.com/composr-foundation/composr/-/commit/0ab6279a603337319fcc11995679482c22ad87bb

I added a force_local get parameter. Must be specified and = 1 to put --force-local in the tar command on Windows.

By Guest posted 31st Jul 2024, 3:07 PM

I think it's reasonable to assume core developers are running a newer version of Windows. The constituency is now just 1, it's reasonable to have a higher baseline for developers, it's reasonable for us to not even officially document it for core development situations like this that are just dealing with legacy situations. I'd just add a code comment saying "Tested to work on Windows version xxx, known to not run on versions older than yyy due to not having tar bundled."