>>>>> "BM" == Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> writes:
BM> From: Uri Guttman >>>>>>> "BM" == Bob McConnell <r...@cbord.com> writes: BM> From: Uri Guttman >> >> >> tar zxvf Test-Harness-3.17.tar.gz >> BM> C:\camelbox\.cpan\build\tmp-Test>tar xzvf BM> D:\Downloads\Test-Harness-3.21.tar.gz BM> tar: Cannot use compressed or remote archives BM> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >> >> what is different from my options vs yours? :) gnu tar can properly BM> call >> gzip if the z option is in the right place. BM> I don't see any difference. But I also don't see anything that tells me BM> where they got this one from. It may not be one of the more recent BM> releases. BM> ------------------------------------------------- BM> C:\camelbox\.cpan\build\tmp-Test>tar zxvf BM> D:\Downloads\Test-Harness-3.21.tar.gz BM> tar: Cannot use compressed or remote archives BM> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now so that tar can't call gzip directly. this is not a new feature, i am sure i have been using it for eons. the tarball format is so old and common that is why they added the z option to tar. BM> But piping from gzip still works. The current build gives me: >> BM> ------------------------------------------------- BM> C:\camelbox\.cpan\build\tmp-Test>gzip -dc BM> D:\Downloads\Test-Harness-3.21.tar.gz BM> | tar xvf - >> >> is that all one line? don't let your emailer wrap lines for you. this BM> is >> a general rule about posting commands with long lines. BM> Yes, that was all one line. Lookout doesn't give me any options to BM> prevent it from wrapping. Microsoft _always_ believe they know what's BM> best for you. so don't use outhouse for mail. simple! BM> It wasn't me that did it the first time. I simply ran BM> 'CPAN Test::Harness' so wipe out all that did if you can. BM> Unfortunately, for the next few months I have to suffer with MS-Windows BM> in order to collect a regular pay check. After I retire I can finally BM> get away from it. All nine computers at home are already running various BM> distributions of Linux or FreeBSD. BM> In the meantime, I need to know what the difference is between the 3.17 BM> and 3.21 archives on CPAN. Why does one work and the other not? i can't imagine anything diff on the cpan modules as i did unzip both of them. it must be something with your local box and setup. not much more i can do from here. sorry. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
