"Pawel Wiecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > On Mar 28, 11:13am, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> Hi. While unpacking the source code for e3 I received some errors: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tar tvfz >> /fast/debmirror/debian//pool/main/e/e3/e3_2.71.orig.tar.gz > > I'd like to point out it's not really unpacking and there are no erros during > unpacking (xzvf).
Ah, you are right: dopio:~# tar xfz /fast/debmirror/debian//pool/main/e/e3/e3_2.71.orig.tar.gz dopio:~# That is somewhat puzzling to me. Why would 't' print errors when 'x' does not? >> Is the source code package actually correct? > > Yes, it's correct and it unpacks cleanly and the untarred source code is the > same as my source repository > (hg clone http://hg.svartech.com/debian/e3.upstream). > > It looks to me like an odd bug in tar, I'll try to hunt it down... Thanks. Could it be related to the symlinks? Maybe the maintainer used another tar implementation to create the tar archive? Regards, /Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

