This sounds like a configuration issue. Do you a minimum project that can produce this issue that we can run?
what version of assembly plugin and maven do you use? -D On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:50 PM, samra <[email protected]> wrote: > here is the assembly.xml I have, in my project. > > <formats> > <format>tar.gz</format> > </formats> > > <fileSets> > <fileSet> > <directory>${project.basedir}/resources</directory> > <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory> > </fileSet> > > <fileSet> > <directory>${project.basedir}/../</directory> > <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory> > <includes> > > <include>**/e-*.jar</include> > > <include>**/target/e-*.war</include> > <include>**/target/*.war</include> > </includes> > <excludes> > > <exclude>**/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar</exclude> > <exclude>**/e-*-tests.jar</exclude> > </excludes> > </fileSet> > </fileSets> > </assembly> > > It does create tar.gz. But when I try to extract, it complains about the > format. > > [6 jnk]$ tar xvfz > e-distro-1.0-SNAPSHOT-r296-b323-d2012-06-22_11-49-43-distro.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > [6 jnk]$ tar --gunzip -xvf > e-distro-1.0-SNAPSHOT-r296-b323-d2012-06-22_11-49-43-distro.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > [6 jnk]$ tar --ungzip -xvf > e-distro-1.0-SNAPSHOT-r296-b323-d2012-06-22_11-49-43-distro.tar.gz > > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > when I changed the format to tar and try to extract, it complains as follows > - > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > > is there a difference between tar created by maven and tar created on unix. > ? if so, how to overcome it ? appreciate any suggestions. also, does the > assembly.xml need more dependencies defined ? thanks > > -- > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/tar-or-tar-gz-created-out-of-assembly-is-not-in-right-format-while-extracting-tp5711857.html > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
