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Re: Problem with tar while installing git

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Apr 17, 2008, 11:46 UTC
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<48073890.8060405@viscovery.net>
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<4c610e240804170435p7a628e4bo84c92f4eb4bb7a34@mail.gmail.com>
Miguel Vaz schrieb:
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> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'
> install -d -m 755 '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/'
> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
> (cd '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/' && umask 022 && tar xf -)
> 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
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mvaz/git-1.5.5/templates'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> Any thoughts?

If you type 'cd templates && cd blt', does the shell echo something back to you? Yes? Does 'unexport CDPATH' make a difference?

-- Hannes
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