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Re: Fail to add TCP/IP stack package
- To: John <john at imining dot com dot tw>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Fail to add TCP/IP stack package
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 15:15:16 +0000
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <NDBBKMEDOKEJKFEDGCLOEEGECEAA.john@imining.com.tw>
John wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> When I add TCP/IP stack package(net-1.0b1.epk) using Package Administration Tool an error occurred:
>
> Command execution error:
>
> extracting pkgadd.db:
> /usr/bin/tar:Skipping to next header
> /usr/bin/tar:Skipping to next header
> /usr/bin/tar:Skipping to next header
> /usr/bin/tar:Skipping to next header
> /usr/bin/tar:Skipping to next header
> /usr/bin/tar:367 garbage bytes ignored at end of archive
> /usr/bin/tar:pkgadd.db:Not found in archive
> /usr/bin/tar:Error exit delayed from previos errors
>
> Why?
This is a clash with cygwin binary vs. text mode I feel sure, but haven't
had the time to investigate :-(.
You can cheat though - an EPK is just a gzipped tar file. Decompress it
with gzip -d, and extract with tar. You will need to add pkgadd.db to your
ecos.db and the rest in place in your eCos repository.
Jifl
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