Details on this package are located in Section 10.49.2, “Contents of Tar.”
The Tar package contains an archiving program.
Tar has an issue with cross-compiling where it can't find getline. Fix it here:
echo "am_cv_func_working_getline=yes" >> config.cache
Prepare Tar for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools \
--host=${LFS_TARGET} --cache-file=config.cache
Compile the package:
make
Install the package:
make install
Details on this package are located in Section 10.49.2, “Contents of Tar.”