Re: make install error

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 28, 2010, 02:53 UTC
Message-ID: <7v8wbjndn6.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <daef5be81001271658y4188445bofea2e3d576df91e5@mail.gmail.com>

kap4lin <kap4lin@gmail.com> writes:

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> (cd blt && gtar cf - .) | \
>         (cd '/scratch/kap4lin/usr/share/git-core/templates' && umask
> 022 && gtar xof -)
> 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 `/scratch/kap4lin/softwares/git-1.6.6.1/templates'
> make: *** [install] Error 2
>
> Any help?

Perhaps "unset CDPATH".

Also look for "export CDPATH" in your .bash_profile and remove it (and either remove CDPATH=... from your .bashrc or make it conditional only to interactive sessions). Setting CDPATH for non-interactive sessions does not make any sense and asking for troubles.