Re: Errors building git-1.5.2.2 on 64-bit Centos 5

From: Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2007, 13:51 UTC
Message-ID: <18039.57163.667319.439210@lisa.zopyra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191359160.4059@racer.site>

On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 14:00:07 (+0100) Johannes Schindelin writes:

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>Hi,
>
>On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:
>
>> Also breaks (tar fails) if I do the 'make configure; ./configure'
>> route.
>
>Then there is a test missing in configure.

Here is the particular error:

install git '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/bin'
make -C templates DESTDIR='' install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
install -d -m755 '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/'
(cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \
	(cd '/opt/git-1.5.2.2/share/git-core/templates/' && gtar xf -)
gtar: This does not look like a tar archive
gtar: Skipping to next header
gtar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
gtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/blear/build/git-1.5.2.2/templates'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Bill