[Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris (original) (raw)

Reinhold Birkenfeld reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net
Wed Jan 4 22:10:58 CET 2006

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 is it irrelevant? It's a known issue for just about every tarball-based distribution of every project on the planet. For Python, Solaris tar woes are noted on this page: http://www.python.org/2.4.2/bugs.html

Ah ok, so never mind.

Reinhold

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