On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:59:08AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >----- Forwarded message from Cron Daemon <DELETED> ----- > >Invalid header block at offset unknown at >/export/u0/sourceware/sourceware/libre/infra/bin/cygwin/Cygwin/Setup/Listing.pm > line 186 >Invalid header block at offset unknown at >/export/u0/sourceware/sourceware/libre/infra/bin/cygwin/Cygwin/Setup/Listing.pm > line 186 >Invalid header block at offset unknown at >/export/u0/sourceware/sourceware/libre/infra/bin/cygwin/Cygwin/Setup/Listing.pm > line 186 >No data could be read from file at >/export/u0/sourceware/sourceware/libre/infra/bin/cygwin/Cygwin/Setup/Listing.pm > line 186 >PROBLEMS WITH release/w32api/w32api-3.7-1-src.tar.bz2 > >----- End forwarded message ----- > >I've been noticing this error message for a couple of days. >I wonder if it has something to do with the new version of tar? > >So far, it has cropped up for monotone, coreutils, and, now, w32api. >Unpacking/repacking the files on sourceware.org seems to "fix" the >problem. > >Can the maintainers of these pacakges please confirm/deny if they've >been using tar-1.15.90-1? If not, I'll have to investigate what has >changed on sourceware.org recently.
And, just in case anyone is tempted to "remind" me: 1) Yes, I know that I accidentally included an email address in the above message. 2) And, yes, I know that I used my actual email message when I sent the email. Please don't take that as an indication that I need to be cc'ed however. cgf