Revert "Check that we have a working tar before trying to use it"

adunstan · adunstan · commit 745b99c6444f · 2021-12-08T16:45:39.000-05:00
This reverts commit f920f7e. The patch in effect fixed a problem we didn't have and caused another instead. Backpatch to release 14 like original Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/3655283.1638977975@sss.pgh.pa.us
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl
@@ -267,9 +267,11 @@
 SKIP:
 {
 	my $tar = $ENV{TAR};
+	# don't check for a working tar here, to accomodate various odd
+	# cases such as AIX. If tar doesn't work the init_from_backup below
+	# will fail.
 	skip "no tar program available", 1
-	  if (!defined $tar || $tar eq ''
-		  || system_log($tar, '--version') != 0);
+	  if (!defined $tar || $tar eq '');
 
 	my $node2 = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('replica');
 
