From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:53:33 GMT
Subject: Re: make install error
Message-ID: <7v8wbjndn6.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <daef5be81001271658y4188445bofea2e3d576df91e5@mail.gmail.com>

kap4lin <kap4lin@gmail.com> writes:

> (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.