On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Max Bowsher wrote: > OK, I've found the problem. Setup's integrated tar code is rather > oversensitive to magic numbers. Specifically, your naim tarball does not > contain "ustar\040\040\0" at offset 257. Repacking with GNU tar is the short > term fix. Long term, maybe setup could become more tolerant in its tar > code - PTC. What kind of tar did you pack these packages with?
Thanks for looking into it, Max. I have re-created the archives using GNU tar, so we'll see how it goes. Daniel, mirrors .rcn.net will update at about ~15:30, at which time we should know if it worked. If so... Please send an announcement in a couple of hours :-) Thanks, Elfyn -- Elfyn McBratney, EMCB | http://www.nongnu.org/wwwauth/ http://www.emcb.co.uk | http://www.emcb.co.uk/webauth/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | wwwauth-users AT nongnu DOT org
