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+# man-tar-sort-name.m4 serial 1
+dnl MAN_TAR_SORT_NAME
+dnl Use the --sort=name option of GNU tar if it is available.
+dnl Note that this only works with Automake's default tar-v7 option.
+
+AC_DEFUN([MAN_TAR_SORT_NAME],
+[
+AC_BEFORE([AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE], [$0])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if tar --sort=name works])
+rm -rf conftest.dir
+mkdir conftest.dir
+echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
+AM_RUN_LOG([${TAR-tar} chof - conftest.dir --sort=name >conftest.tar])
+if test -s conftest.tar; then
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ am__tar="$am__tar --sort=name"
+else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+rm -rf conftest.dir
+])