Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:02:05PM +, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > On 01/14/2015 01:15 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > >> Thanks for the followup. I hope that the Automake maintainers consider > > >> the issue. > > > > > > No reply after > 1 week. How could we proceed here, as I'm still unabl

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 01/14/2015 03:53 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: I dont remember the automake version I first encountered that, it was on another project which had already been using ustar for several years but then at some point during 2013 it started whining about large UIDs. Assuming said project was open s

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Finucane, Stephen
> I dont remember the automake version I first encountered that, it was on > another project which had already been using ustar for several years but > then at some point during 2013 it started whining about large UIDs. Assuming said project was open source, how did they go about achieving this:

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 01/14/2015 02:02 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: On 01/14/2015 01:15 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: Thanks for the followup. I hope that the Automake maintainers consider the issue. No reply after > 1 week. How could we proceed here, as I'm still unable to run 'make dist' (without manual patch

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Finucane, Stephen
> On 01/14/2015 01:15 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > >> Thanks for the followup. I hope that the Automake maintainers consider > >> the issue. > > > > No reply after > 1 week. How could we proceed here, as I'm still unable > to run 'make dist' (without manual patching) in the interim? Based on my

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Panu Matilainen
On 01/14/2015 01:15 PM, Finucane, Stephen wrote: Thanks for the followup. I hope that the Automake maintainers consider the issue. No reply after > 1 week. How could we proceed here, as I'm still unable to run 'make dist' (without manual patching) in the interim? Based on my conversation wit

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-14 Thread Finucane, Stephen
> Thanks for the followup. I hope that the Automake maintainers consider > the issue. No reply after > 1 week. How could we proceed here, as I'm still unable to run 'make dist' (without manual patching) in the interim? Based on my conversation with Eric, it looks like this is something that cou

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 09:14:51AM +, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:57:48AM +, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > > > > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through > > > > >

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-06 Thread Finucane, Stephen
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:57:48AM +, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > > > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through > > > > passing of the '-o' parameter to GNU tar. Enabling this option > results >

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-05 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:57:48AM +, Finucane, Stephen wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through > > > passing of the '-o' parameter to GNU tar. Enabling this option results > > > in er

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2015-01-05 Thread Finucane, Stephen
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +, Stephen Finucane wrote: > > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through > > passing of the '-o' parameter to GNU tar. Enabling this option results > > in errors for users with 32 bit UIDs: > > > > $ make dist > > ... > >

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] configure.ac: Enable 'tar-ustar' by default

2014-12-29 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 10:19:10AM +, Stephen Finucane wrote: > Automake defaults to the 'v7' legacy tar format in GNU tar, through > passing of the '-o' parameter to GNU tar. Enabling this option results > in errors for users with 32 bit UIDs: > > $ make dist > ... > tardir=openvs