Trying to extract the Popt-1.16 tarball downloaded from the http link fails with the message
gzip:stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now The tarball from the ftp link is OK though. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page