@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ const MIN_REQUIRED_BSD_TAR_VERSION = "3.4.3";
1515const MIN_REQUIRED_GNU_TAR_VERSION = "1.31" ;
1616
1717export type TarVersion = {
18+ name : string ;
1819 type : "gnu" | "bsd" ;
1920 version : string ;
2021} ;
2122
22- async function getTarVersion ( ) : Promise < TarVersion > {
23- const tar = await io . which ( "tar" , true ) ;
23+ async function getTarVersion ( programName : string ) : Promise < TarVersion > {
24+ const tar = await io . which ( programName , true ) ;
2425 let stdout = "" ;
2526 const exitCode = await new ToolRunner ( tar , [ "--version" ] , {
2627 listeners : {
@@ -30,28 +31,43 @@ async function getTarVersion(): Promise<TarVersion> {
3031 } ,
3132 } ) . exec ( ) ;
3233 if ( exitCode !== 0 ) {
33- throw new Error ( " Failed to call tar --version" ) ;
34+ throw new Error ( ` Failed to call ${ programName } ` ) ;
3435 }
3536 // Return whether this is GNU tar or BSD tar, and the version number
3637 if ( stdout . includes ( "GNU tar" ) ) {
3738 const match = stdout . match ( / t a r \( G N U t a r \) ( [ 0 - 9 . ] + ) / ) ;
3839 if ( ! match || ! match [ 1 ] ) {
39- throw new Error ( " Failed to parse output of tar --version." ) ;
40+ throw new Error ( ` Failed to parse output of ${ programName } ` ) ;
4041 }
4142
42- return { type : "gnu" , version : match [ 1 ] } ;
43+ return { name : programName , type : "gnu" , version : match [ 1 ] } ;
4344 } else if ( stdout . includes ( "bsdtar" ) ) {
4445 const match = stdout . match ( / b s d t a r ( [ 0 - 9 . ] + ) / ) ;
4546 if ( ! match || ! match [ 1 ] ) {
46- throw new Error ( " Failed to parse output of tar --version." ) ;
47+ throw new Error ( ` Failed to parse output of ${ programName } ` ) ;
4748 }
4849
49- return { type : "bsd" , version : match [ 1 ] } ;
50+ return { name : programName , type : "bsd" , version : match [ 1 ] } ;
5051 } else {
5152 throw new Error ( "Unknown tar version" ) ;
5253 }
5354}
5455
56+ async function pickTarCommand ( ) : Promise < TarVersion > {
57+ // bsdtar 3.5.3 on the macos-14 (arm) action runner image is prone to crash with the following
58+ // error messages when extracting zstd archives:
59+ //
60+ // tar: Child process exited with status 1
61+ // tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
62+ //
63+ // To avoid this problem, prefer GNU tar under the name "gtar" if it is available.
64+ try {
65+ return await getTarVersion ( "gtar" ) ;
66+ } catch {
67+ return await getTarVersion ( "tar" ) ;
68+ }
69+ }
70+
5571export interface ZstdAvailability {
5672 available : boolean ;
5773 foundZstdBinary : boolean ;
@@ -63,7 +79,7 @@ export async function isZstdAvailable(
6379) : Promise < ZstdAvailability > {
6480 const foundZstdBinary = await isBinaryAccessible ( "zstd" , logger ) ;
6581 try {
66- const tarVersion = await getTarVersion ( ) ;
82+ const tarVersion = await pickTarCommand ( ) ;
6783 const { type, version } = tarVersion ;
6884 logger . info ( `Found ${ type } ${ version } ) ;
6985 switch ( type ) {
@@ -162,10 +178,10 @@ export async function extractTarZst(
162178
163179 args . push ( "-f" , tar instanceof stream . Readable ? "-" : tar , "-C" , dest ) ;
164180
165- process . stdout . write ( `[command]tar ${ args . join ( " " ) } ) ;
181+ process . stdout . write ( `[command]${ tarVersion . name } ${ args . join ( " " ) } ) ;
166182
167183 await new Promise < void > ( ( resolve , reject ) => {
168- const tarProcess = spawn ( "tar" , args , { stdio : "pipe" } ) ;
184+ const tarProcess = spawn ( tarVersion . name , args , { stdio : "pipe" } ) ;
169185
170186 let stdout = "" ;
171187 tarProcess . stdout ?. on ( "data" , ( data : Buffer ) => {
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@ export async function extractTarZst(
196212 if ( code !== 0 ) {
197213 reject (
198214 new CommandInvocationError (
199- "tar" ,
215+ tarVersion . name ,
200216 args ,
201217 code ?? undefined ,
202218 stdout ,
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