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

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 19, 2007, 13:58 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706191457440.4059@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <18039.57163.667319.439210@lisa.zopyra.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Bill Lear wrote:

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

WTF? gtar cannot read its own output?

Be that as may, this is not git error.

Ciao, Dscho