Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread Roman Hunt
looks like you only have part of a multivolume archive

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 09:10:55PM +0100, Matthias Kilian said that > On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 08:46:27PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > > http://textpattern.com/dload/textpattern-4.0.3.tar.gz > > > > i also tried to download and extract it under non-bsd platforms. > > gnu tar deals with it w

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 08:46:27PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > http://textpattern.com/dload/textpattern-4.0.3.tar.gz > > i also tried to download and extract it under non-bsd platforms. > gnu tar deals with it with no errors/warnings whatsoever. Not quite: $ gtar tfz tfz textpattern-4.0.3.ta

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 08:37:13PM +0100, Joachim Schipper said that > It is possible to write multipart tar archives; maybe you encountered > one such archive? i don't think this is the case. this is a simple web application, distributed in .tar.gz format. http://textpattern.com/dload/text

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 07:56:20PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this > warning? > > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached > > i know it's not an error per se, but what is it? whose "f

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 08:22:36PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek said that > Well, for pax/tar there's no upstream. Which package are you talking > about? Try a bit harder not to leave us guessing. i am trying to make a package for textpattern. the archive of textpattern ends "prematurely", by upstr

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 02:09:13PM -0500, Vladas Urbonas said that > On 25/03/06, frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi there, > > > > could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this > > warning? > > > > tar:

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, frantisek holop wrote: > hi there, > > could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this > warning? > > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached It means the archive ended prematurely. > i know it's not an error per se, but what i

Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread Vladas Urbonas
On 25/03/06, frantisek holop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi there, > > could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this > warning? > > tar: End of archive volume 1 reached > > i know it's not an error per se, but what is it? whose &quo

tar "End of archive volume ..."

2006-03-25 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this warning? tar: End of archive volume 1 reached i know it's not an error per se, but what is it? whose "fault" is it? is it worth writing about upstream to the package author? -f -- nobody can be exactly