try renaming it to .rpm ( ie mv file.rpm.tar file.rpm) and then retry rpm -ivh.
just a guess. :) -----Original Message----- From: Paul Warner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: trouble with an rpm.tar file Hello, I've encountered a file with extensions rpm.tar. It's the international PGP distribution, PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar. If I try to untar it (tar xvf), I get: tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors If I try to run rpm on it, I get: PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar: not an rpm package (or package manifest): I looked for an answer, but didn't locate one. Checked the tar and rpm man pages, faq's for pgp, documentation for rpm, and google...nothing turned up, or I missed something. Thanks for any help. I'm running Redhat 8.0. Thanks, Paul Warner -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
