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[Fix] gracefully handle GNU tar on MacOS during nvm install #3178

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[Fix] gracefully handle GNU tar on MacOS during `nvm install`
tim-mit Aug 22, 2023
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Merge branch 'master' into issue3034
tim-mit Aug 27, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -4325,7 +4325,11 @@ nvm_supports_xz() {
if [ "_${NVM_OS}" = '_darwin' ]; then
local MACOS_VERSION
MACOS_VERSION="$(sw_vers -productVersion)"
if nvm_version_greater "10.9.0" "${MACOS_VERSION}"; then
if tar --version | command grep -q GNU && ! command which xz >/dev/null 2>&1; then
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if tar --version | command grep -q GNU && ! command which xz >/dev/null 2>&1; then
if command tar --version | command grep -q GNU && ! command which xz >/dev/null 2>&1; then

# On macOS with GNU tar in use, and no xv on the path, xv-compressed
# tarballs aren't supported
return 1
elif nvm_version_greater "10.9.0" "${MACOS_VERSION}"; then
# macOS 10.8 and earlier doesn't support extracting xz-compressed tarballs with tar
return 1
fi
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