install.sh: print out tar version when the flag is supported (#154)

not all the tar implementations support --version flag e.g. the one used in openbsd doesn't, so the installation process fails PR-URL: #154 Credit: @agudulin Reviewed-By: @zkat
npm · Feb 18, 2019 · 1a0dd20 · 1a0dd20
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commit 1a0dd20
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diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ $ret -eq 0 ] && [ -x "$tar" ]; then
   echo "tar=$tar"
-  echo "version:"
-  $tar --version
+  if [ $tar --version > /dev/null 2>&1 ]; then
+    echo "version:"
+    $tar --version
+  fi
   ret=$?
 fi