[Python-Dev] Problem with 2.3b2 tarfile? (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry@python.org
30 Jun 2003 14:07:18 -0400

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 13:45, Skip Montanaro wrote:

Was the 2.3b2 tarfile generated in such a way that it requires GNU tar? I'm unable to extract it on a Solaris 8 system using /usr/bin/tar. It gunzips fine and I can extract it on my Mac OS X system, but on Solaris I get, "tar: directory checksum error" and fine a truncated directory tree. I've also verified that the files downloaded to the Mac and the Solaris box have the same checksum.

I generated the tarball using the PEP 101 suggestion, which is the same way I generated the 2.2.3 tarball:

tar cf - Python-2.3b2 | gzip -9 > Python-2.3b2.tgz

so it's possible there are GNU tar-isms in the file (I don't have access to a non-GNU tar).

Did you have a problem with the 2.2.3 tarball? I haven't seen any other reports of problems with either.

-Barry