The problem is indeed with /sw/bin/tar. You'll need to install a new tar package via the binary distro:
sudo apt-get install 1.13.25=1 (apt-get uses '=' for the revision number) That should hopefully get you a working tar. I believe the error on sao's page was for Panther. -- Alexander K. Hansen Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX � -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lorenz Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fink-users] tar broken after selfupdate -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear people, It seems that tar cannot untar some of the tar-files that fink downloads when it updates itself. There has been a post on the fink beginners list about this problem with unzip550.tar. It occurs with other tar files as well. Here is what happens when I try to untar audiofile-0.2.3.tar boskoop:/sw/src# /sw/bin/tar xf audiofile-0.2.3.tar Bus error With Apple's tar there are no problems: boskoop:/sw/src# /usr/bin/tar xf audiofile-0.2.3.tar boskoop:/sw/src# Has anyone experienced anything similar? Maybe it's dependent on the machine; I am using a powerbook G3 (bronze keyboard). Is this related to the bus error that fileutils (e.g. ls) generated due to something in gettext ? (See http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/fink/finpan.html#top23) This problem only occurred after the selfupdate. Here are the versions I use: fink 0.17.1, using the unstable branch tar 1.13.25-11 OS X 10.2.8 Bye, Lorenz - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The more clearly I try to say it, the more difficulty I have finding words. This seems to me a typical symptom of something or other... - -Remco Campert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQE/24AKYGy+9QjLpdQRArzHAJ9eVbgI42JPUvt94LRIjSqfXAE5LwCePGu2 RAEeWEm+lEEFPrKKThl26Ow= =vjfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
