I have no idea what 'Yocto' is, but CentOS 7 includes two other tar utilities: 'bsdtar' and 'star' Maybe one of those will give you what you need? James Pearson ________________________________________ From: CentOS <centos-bounces at centos.org> on behalf of Klaus Kolle <klaus at kolle.dk> Sent: 16 September 2020 12:13 To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Newer versoin of tar 1.26 on Centos 7 Is it possible to find a repository that hold a newer version of tar. The current version is 1.26 I have some students trying to build Yocto project on my Centos 7 host, but OpenEmbedded reports incompatibility problems with the current version of tar. I thank you on beforehand for any help. |< -- Med venlig hilsen Klaus Kolle Teknikumingeniør, B.Sc.EE., e-mail : klaus at kolle.dk Master of IT www : www.kolle.dk Asger Jorns Vej 17 Telephone : +4522216044 DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark "Man skal ikke tilskrive til sammensværgelser hvad der tilstrækkeligt kan forklares af inkompetence" Poul Henning Kamp Planlægning er tanker om noget man agter at gøre en gang i fremtiden, hvis omstændighederne tillader det. Klaus Kolle 2006 Perfection is achieved not when nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery