On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:30:51PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote: > > I've just been informed that unpacking the binary (i386) solaris > > distribution using bunzip2 and tar: > > It may work better in future if you use a non-GNU tar to pack it up in > the first place. GNU tar uses a non-standard tar format by default. > Solaris tar would likely have more luck unpacking a POSIX/USTAR tar > format file. It's also possible to use gnu tar to make standard tar > format files, using --format ustar rather than gnu tar's default of > --format gnu.
Is there something like pax(1) available on solaris? If so, it should be be preferred, because it's a POSIX tool, so there's some hope that it behaves the same on different systems. pax(1) should be available on all BSD systems, and to my knowledge, there's a pax package available at least for Debian Linux. Ciao, Kili _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users