Enhance build script to work on MacOS

Summary

Currently the configure script fails on MacOS (possibly also on Windows). One reason is that there are different tar implementations available, with different sets of command line arguments.

Similar/same problems were reported for Windows.

Expected Behavior

It should simply run.

Actual Behavior

$ make test
mkdir -p dist
tar -czf dist/caosdb.tar.gz \
        --exclude=.git* \
        --exclude=env* \
        --exclude=doc/_build_octave* \
        --exclude=build* \
        --exclude=.docker* \
        --exclude=dist* \
        --exclude=inst* \
        --exclude-ignore-recursive=.gitignore \
        --transform 's,^\.,caosdb,' .
tar: Option --exclude-ignore-recursive=.gitignore is not supported
Usage:
  List:    tar -tf <archive-filename>
  Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename>
  Create:  tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...]
  Help:    tar --help
make: *** [dist/caosdb.tar.gz] Error 1

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. make test

Specifications

• Version: origin/dev 84c6ac62
• Platform: MacOS

  $ sw_vers
  ProductName:    macOS
  ProductVersion: 11.6
  BuildVersion:   20G165

Possible fixes

• Only use common tar options, or define separate options for separate versions.