Problem with tar while installing git

Hi all,

I've already googled around to see if this is a known issue, but found nothing. When installing git, after

   ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
   make
   make install

I get the the following error message:

install git-daemon git-fast-import git-fetch-pack git-hash-object git-imap-send git-index-pack git-merge-index git-merge-tree git-mktag git-mktree git-pac k-redundant git-patch-id git-receive-pack git-send-pack git-shell git-show-index git-unpack-file git-update-server-info git-upload-pack git-var git-http-pu sh git-am git-bisect git-clone git-filter-branch git-lost-found git-merge-octopus git-merge-one-file git-merge-resolve git-merge git-merge-stupid git-merge tool git-parse-remote git-pull git-quiltimport git-rebase--interactive git-rebase git-repack git-request-pull git-sh-setup git-stash git-submodule git-web- -browse git-add--interactive git-archimport git-cvsexportcommit git-cvsimport git-cvsserver git-relink git-send-email git-svn git-instaweb '/home/mvaz/loca l/bin' install git '/home/mvaz/local/bin' make -C templates DESTDIR='' install 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?

Miguel

PS. Running suse

mvaz@grobi> uname -a Linux grobi 2.6.13-15.18-smp #1 SMP Tue Oct 2 17:36:20 UTC 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux