Hello Jerome, * Jerome Haltom wrote on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:22:05PM CEST: > tar: value 1786588783 out of uid_t range 0..2097151 > > `make dist` using automake is causing this. Basically it's trying to use > an old tar format. ustar or posix or whatever. Tar breaks when you have > a long uid with this. > > Now, fixing tar would be an option, to use posix tars, and ignore long > uids, and just not store them, quietly. But I think a better option > would be for `make dist` to have the ability to just use gnu tars. I'd > rather use them. I have no issue with compatibility.
Please see 'info Automake Options' for the options tar-v7, tar-ustar, and tar-pax. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf
