From: Steve Bertrand > On 2010.06.21 18:22, Bob McConnell wrote: > >> After a little more digging, and trying your suggestion to try from >> Linux, I have determined that the directory information in the new tar >> files is being put into the prefix field of the header. But apparently >> the older versions of tar (and WinZIP) don't expect anything in that >> field until the name field is completely full. I haven't seen anything >> that suggests that doing this should be a standard practice. >> >> One of the Camelbox developers did give me a workaround that seems to >> get me past this issue for now. > > Please post the workaround for the archives, if you wouldn't mind.
The workaround for this is to remove the tar binary from CPAN's Config.pm file. I just confirmed Test::Harness unpacks after you do this. To remove the tar binary from Config.pm: 1) Open C:\camelbox\lib\CPAN\Config.pm in an editor that understands Unix files (NOT notepad.exe; wordpad will work for this) 2) Find the line that says 'tar' => q[C:\\camelbox\\bin\\tar.EXE] and remove the tar.EXE command; the tar command should look like this when you're done: 'tar' => q[], CPAN will then switch to using Archive::Tar when you go to download/install modules. Bob McConnell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
