[Reinhold Birkenfeld]
> Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got
> when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball
> with Sparc Solaris 9's tar:
>
> tar: directory checksum error
>
> With GNU tar, it worked correctly.
>
> Is this a known issue, or is it irrelevant?
It's a known issue for just about every tarball-based distribution of
every project on the planet. For Python, Solaris tar woes are noted
on this page:
http://www.python.org/2.4.2/bugs.html
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