Problems unpacking sources

2005-12-01 Thread Sy�ndil
Hi all, I followed the procedure of creating a brand-new account named 'lfs', and I tried to unpack the binutils source code (.tar.gz) using its privileges. Unfortunately, I've got the following error: tar: gzip: Cannot exec: Too many levels of symbolic links tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting

Re: Problems unpacking sources

2005-12-01 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Syòndil Boscoverde wrote: Instead, if I execute the same command ('tar -zxvf bin...tar.gzip') as root, everything goes ok. any help? thanks. This is not a LFS issue, this is a general Linux issue. The fact that you're asking for help on this point reveals that you haven't met the LFS prereq

Re: Problems unpacking sources

2005-12-02 Thread jesus gomez
2005/12/1, Syòndil Boscoverde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all,I followed the procedure of creating a brand-newaccount named 'lfs', and I tried to unpack thebinutils source code (.tar.gz) using its privileges.Unfortunately, I've got the following error: tar: gzip: Cannot exec: Too many levels of symboli