Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-13 Thread Steve Holden
Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 22:01 +0100, Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: > >>Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got >>when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball >>with Sparc Solaris 9's tar: >> >>tar: directory checksum error >> >>With GNU tar, it worked co

Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-05 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Anthony Baxter wrote: >>Dunno, but I'm always having problems w/ Solaris tar, so I just use >>GNU tar on Solaris. ;) > > > Maybe we should switch to cpio-based distributions? Peace, brother... Err, pax(1). -bash-3.00$ uname -a SunOS tb3 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440 -bash-3.00$ bu

Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-04 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Thursday 05 January 2006 08:23, Barry Warsaw wrote: > Dunno, but I'm always having problems w/ Solaris tar, so I just use > GNU tar on Solaris. ;) Maybe we should switch to cpio-based distributions? Anthony ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-04 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 22:01 +0100, Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: > Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got > when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball > with Sparc Solaris 9's tar: > > tar: directory checksum error > > With GNU tar, it worked correctly. > > Is this a k

Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-04 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Tim Peters wrote: > [Reinhold Birkenfeld] >> Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got >> when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball >> with Sparc Solaris 9's tar: >> >> tar: directory checksum error >> >> With GNU tar, it worked correctly. >> >> Is this a known issue, or

Re: [Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-04 Thread Tim Peters
[Reinhold Birkenfeld] > Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got > when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball > with Sparc Solaris 9's tar: > > tar: directory checksum error > > With GNU tar, it worked correctly. > > Is this a known issue, or is it irrelevant? It's a kn

[Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

2006-01-04 Thread Reinhold Birkenfeld
Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball with Sparc Solaris 9's tar: tar: directory checksum error With GNU tar, it worked correctly. Is this a known issue, or is it irrelevant? Reinhold -- Mail address is perfectly valid!