{"thread":{"id":"13153","subject":"Problem with tar while installing git","startedAt":"2008-04-17T11:35:35Z","lastAt":"2008-04-17T11:52:22Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Miguel Vaz","Johannes Sixt","David Kastrup"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"74633","messageId":"4c610e240804170435p7a628e4bo84c92f4eb4bb7a34@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"13153","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Problem with tar while installing git","fromName":"Miguel Vaz","fromEmail":"hepaminondas@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-04-17T11:35:35Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-17T11:35:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"hepaminondas@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi all,\n\nI've already googled around to see if this is a known issue, but found nothing.\nWhen installing git, after\n\n   ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local\n   make\n   make install\n\nI get the the following error message:\n\ninstall  git-daemon git-fast-import git-fetch-pack git-hash-object\ngit-imap-send git-index-pack git-merge-index git-merge-tree git-mktag\ngit-mktree git-pac\nk-redundant git-patch-id git-receive-pack git-send-pack git-shell\ngit-show-index git-unpack-file git-update-server-info git-upload-pack\ngit-var git-http-pu\nsh git-am git-bisect git-clone git-filter-branch git-lost-found\ngit-merge-octopus git-merge-one-file git-merge-resolve git-merge\ngit-merge-stupid git-merge\ntool git-parse-remote git-pull git-quiltimport git-rebase--interactive\ngit-rebase git-repack git-request-pull git-sh-setup git-stash\ngit-submodule git-web-\n-browse git-add--interactive git-archimport git-cvsexportcommit\ngit-cvsimport git-cvsserver git-relink git-send-email git-svn\ngit-instaweb '/home/mvaz/loca\nl/bin'\ninstall git '/home/mvaz/local/bin'\nmake -C templates DESTDIR='' install\nmake[1]: Entering directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'\ninstall -d -m 755 '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/'\n(cd blt && tar cf - .) | \\\n(cd '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/' && umask 022 && tar xf -)\ntar: This does not look like a tar archive\ntar: Skipping to next header\ntar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers\ntar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\nmake[1]: *** [install] Error 2\nmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'\nmake: *** [install] Error 2\n\nAny thoughts?\n\nMiguel\n\nPS. Running suse\n\nmvaz@grobi> uname -a\nLinux grobi 2.6.13-15.18-smp #1 SMP Tue Oct 2 17:36:20 UTC 2007 i686\ni686 i386 GNU/Linux\n"},{"id":"74635","messageId":"48073890.8060405@viscovery.net","threadId":"13153","inReplyTo":"4c610e240804170435p7a628e4bo84c92f4eb4bb7a34@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Problem with tar while installing git","fromName":"Johannes Sixt","fromEmail":"j.sixt@viscovery.net","sentAt":"2008-04-17T11:46:24Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-17T11:46:24Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"j6t@kdbg.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/14810926?v=4"},"body":"Miguel Vaz schrieb:\n> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'\n> install -d -m 755 '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/'\n> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \\\n> (cd '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/' && umask 022 && tar xf -)\n> tar: This does not look like a tar archive\n> tar: Skipping to next header\n> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers\n> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors\n> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2\n> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'\n> make: *** [install] Error 2\n> \n> Any thoughts?\n\nIf you type 'cd templates && cd blt', does the shell echo something back\nto you? Yes? Does 'unexport CDPATH' make a difference?\n\n-- Hannes\n"},{"id":"74636","messageId":"864pa0u2a1.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz","threadId":"13153","inReplyTo":"4c610e240804170435p7a628e4bo84c92f4eb4bb7a34@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Problem with tar while installing git","fromName":"David Kastrup","fromEmail":"dak@gnu.org","sentAt":"2008-04-17T11:52:22Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-17T11:52:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"dak@gnu.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52141349?v=4"},"body":"\"Miguel Vaz\" <hepaminondas@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> I've already googled around to see if this is a known issue, but found\n> nothing.\n\nTry again.\n\ngit \"this does not look like a tar archive\"\n\nas keywords into Google spit out wagonloads of relevant reports.\n\n>    When installing git, after\n>\n>    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local\n>    make\n>    make install\n\n[...]\n\n> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \\\n> (cd '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/' && umask 022 && tar xf -)\n> tar: This does not look like a tar archive\n\nTo cut the search short: don't export CDPATH in your interactive shell\nstartup scripts.  It is a really bad idea.\n\n-- \nDavid Kastrup\n"}]}