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Re: binutils-2.14/etc directory not in binutils-2.14 tarball?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Lourens Veen <lourens at rainbowdesert dot net>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:07:47 -0400
- Subject: Re: binutils-2.14/etc directory not in binutils-2.14 tarball?
- References: <200402062133.58138.lourens@rainbowdesert.net> <200402062155.37727.lourens@rainbowdesert.net>
On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:55:35PM +0100, Lourens Veen wrote:
> On Fri 6 February 2004 21:33, Lourens Veen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just tried unpacking binutils-2.14.tar.bz2, and tar gave me a
> > whole bunch of error messages that looked like
> >
> > tar: binutils-2.14/etc/Makefile.in: Could not create file: No
> > such file or directory
>
> Whoops, sorry. It seems that that was caused by filesystem
> corruption. I can't even make the directory by hand. I still think
> the directory should be in the tarball though.
I agreed with you at first, but since all existing versions of tar seem
to cope OK, I'm going to leave this alone.
(Longer version: tar -T takes a list of files. If it encounters
directories it includes them recursively, defeating the point of giving
a list of files.)
--
Daniel Jacobowitz