[Python-Dev] Problem with 2.3b2 tarfile?

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 13:45, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> Was the 2.3b2 tarfile generated in such a way that it requires GNU tar?  I'm
> unable to extract it on a Solaris 8 system using /usr/bin/tar.  It gunzips
> fine and I can extract it on my Mac OS X system, but on Solaris I get, "tar:
> directory checksum error" and fine a truncated directory tree.  I've also
> verified that the files downloaded to the Mac and the Solaris box have the
> same checksum.

I generated the tarball using the PEP 101 suggestion, which is the same
way I generated the 2.2.3 tarball:

tar cf - Python-2.3b2 | gzip -9 > Python-2.3b2.tgz

so it's possible there are GNU tar-isms in the file (I don't have access
to a non-GNU tar).  

Did you have a problem with the 2.2.3 tarball?  I haven't seen any other
reports of problems with either.

-Barry