[Python-Dev] TAR problems under Solaris

[Barry Warsaw]

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 22:01 +0100, Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> Recently, someone on dclpy posted about an error he got
> when he tried to unpack the Python distribution tarball
> with Sparc Solaris 9's tar:
> 
> tar: directory checksum error
> 
> With GNU tar, it worked correctly.
> 
> Is this a known issue, or is it irrelevant?

Dunno, but I'm always having problems w/ Solaris tar, so I just use GNU
tar on Solaris. ;)

-Barry

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