Re: inetutils-server, OpenSP and units install glitches and fixes
Greetings, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)! > From: Ian Lambert via cygwin >> ... >> On a related note, using not ancient Red Hat 5.6 where the mirror is >> stored, tar won't expand the Cygwin packages? >> >> $ tar -xvf units-2.13-1.tar.xz >> >> tar: This does not look like a tar archive >> tar: Skipping to next header >> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >> tar: Read 9640 bytes from units-2.13-1.tar.xz >> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >> >> $ tar --version >> tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 >> >> >> but tar Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) will. >> > I believe you need to tell tar if the file is in a compressed > format. tar autodetects compression format. No need to specify it explicitly. If you are unable to unpack .xz archive, you're missing the "xz" binary on your system. > Not sure if your version takes the same options as > Cygwin's tar 1.29, but there you would want to say (I suspect): > $ tar -xvjf units-2.13-1.tar.xz -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, March 28, 2017 04:06:29 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: inetutils-server, OpenSP and units install glitches and fixes
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 12:48:07PM +, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) wrote: > From: Ian Lambert via cygwin > > ... > > On a related note, using not ancient Red Hat 5.6 where the mirror is > > stored, tar won't expand the Cygwin packages? > > > > $ tar -xvf units-2.13-1.tar.xz > > > > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > > tar: Skipping to next header > > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > > tar: Read 9640 bytes from units-2.13-1.tar.xz > > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > > > $ tar --version > > tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 > > > > > > but tar Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) will. > > > > I believe you need to tell tar if the file is in a compressed > format. Not sure if your version takes the same options as > Cygwin's tar 1.29, but there you would want to say (I suspect): > > $ tar -xvjf units-2.13-1.tar.xz > > --Ken Nellis No, -j is for bz2. -J (capital j) is for xz, but the tar being tried may be too old to have that option. Cheers ... Duncan. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: inetutils-server, OpenSP and units install glitches and fixes
On 3/27/2017 11:42 AM, Ian Lambert via cygwin wrote: > > > On March 27, 2017 8:48:07 AM EDT, "Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)" wrote: >> From: Ian Lambert via cygwin >>> ... >>> On a related note, using not ancient Red Hat 5.6 where the mirror is >>> stored, tar won't expand the Cygwin packages? >>> >>> $ tar -xvf units-2.13-1.tar.xz >>> >>> tar: This does not look like a tar archive >>> tar: Skipping to next header >>> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >>> tar: Read 9640 bytes from units-2.13-1.tar.xz >>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >>> >>> $ tar --version >>> tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 >>> >>> >>> but tar Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) will. >>> >> >> I believe you need to tell tar if the file is in a compressed >> format. Not sure if your version takes the same options as >> Cygwin's tar 1.29, but there you would want to say (I suspect): >> >> $ tar -xvjf units-2.13-1.tar.xz >> >> --Ken Nellis > > I appreciate the suggestion, but j is for bz2 on redhat 5.6. There is an "xz" > package we could install, but we're moving to redhat 6.4, with tar 1.23, and > tar -xvf works there easy as 123. Ha. > This should work for both Cygwin and your Redhat Linux -a, --auto-compressuse archive suffix to determine the compression You just need to ensure that the prerequisite software to do the compression/decompression is in place. -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: inetutils-server, OpenSP and units install glitches and fixes
On March 27, 2017 8:48:07 AM EDT, "Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)" wrote: >From: Ian Lambert via cygwin >> ... >> On a related note, using not ancient Red Hat 5.6 where the mirror is >> stored, tar won't expand the Cygwin packages? >> >> $ tar -xvf units-2.13-1.tar.xz >> >> tar: This does not look like a tar archive >> tar: Skipping to next header >> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers >> tar: Read 9640 bytes from units-2.13-1.tar.xz >> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors >> >> $ tar --version >> tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 >> >> >> but tar Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) will. >> > >I believe you need to tell tar if the file is in a compressed >format. Not sure if your version takes the same options as >Cygwin's tar 1.29, but there you would want to say (I suspect): > >$ tar -xvjf units-2.13-1.tar.xz > >--Ken Nellis I appreciate the suggestion, but j is for bz2 on redhat 5.6. There is an "xz" package we could install, but we're moving to redhat 6.4, with tar 1.23, and tar -xvf works there easy as 123. Ha. Thanks -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
RE: inetutils-server, OpenSP and units install glitches and fixes
From: Ian Lambert via cygwin > ... > On a related note, using not ancient Red Hat 5.6 where the mirror is > stored, tar won't expand the Cygwin packages? > > $ tar -xvf units-2.13-1.tar.xz > > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Read 9640 bytes from units-2.13-1.tar.xz > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > $ tar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 > > > but tar Packaged by Cygwin (1.29-1) will. > I believe you need to tell tar if the file is in a compressed format. Not sure if your version takes the same options as Cygwin's tar 1.29, but there you would want to say (I suspect): $ tar -xvjf units-2.13-1.tar.xz --Ken Nellis
