-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Warner wrote:
> I've encountered a file with extensions rpm.tar. It's > the international PGP distribution, > PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar. > > If I try to untar it (tar xvf), I get: > > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > If I try to run rpm on it, I get: > PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar: not an rpm package (or > package manifest): > > I looked for an answer, but didn't locate one. > Checked the tar and rpm man pages, faq's for pgp, > documentation for rpm, and google...nothing turned up, > or I missed something. See what "file PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar" returns. If it fails to identify the file format, have a look at the beginning of the file (e.g. with "less" or "hexedit") and tell us what you see. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+W/OS0iMVcrivHFQRAq4MAJ9QadZhyRiP47FV6rseoAeiW3RnYgCcCsuy w151rS/bdo7GWo8SKrhJZOs= =WkdN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
