Move all to deprecated folder.

deprecated/firmware/buildroot/support/dependencies/check-host-tar.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+candidate="$1"
+
+tar=`which $candidate`
+if [ ! -x "$tar" ]; then
+	tar=`which tar`
+	if [ ! -x "$tar" ]; then
+		# echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+# Output of 'tar --version' examples:
+# tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
+# tar (GNU tar) 1.25
+# bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3
+version=`$tar --version | head -n 1 | sed 's/^.*\s\([0-9]\+\.\S\+\).*$/\1/'`
+major=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1`
+minor=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f2`
+bugfix=`echo "$version" | cut -d. -f3`
+version_bsd=`$tar --version | grep 'bsdtar'`
+if [ ! -z "${version_bsd}" ] ; then 
+  # mark as invalid version - not all command line options are available
+  major=0
+  minor=0
+fi
+
+# Minimal version = 1.17 (previous versions do not correctly unpack archives
+# containing hard-links if the --strip-components option is used).
+major_min=1
+minor_min=17
+if [ $major -gt $major_min ]; then
+	echo $tar
+else
+	if [ $major -eq $major_min -a $minor -ge $minor_min ]; then
+		echo $tar
+	else
+		# echo nothing: no suitable tar found
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi