> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 22:53:15 -0400
> From: Tristan Goguen <tgoguen@ilap.com>
> To: cflowd@caida.org
> Subject: cflowd distribution error?
>In-reply-to: <200109050156.SAA29868@caida.org>
>
>Hi,
>
>In untarring the 2.1.b1 distribution from ftp.caida.org, I'm getting the
>following error:
>
> cflowd-2-1-b1/doc/presentations/NANOG_Jan99/cflowd_configuration/html,
>0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
> tar: directory checksum error
>
>Any suggestions,
>
>Thank you,
>Tristan
>
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A frequently asked question. Here's my reply to the last time this
came up. (But you didn't say what your environment is, so I'm just
assuming it isn't purely Gnu-based....):
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:58:49 -0400
> From: "R. Drew Davis" <drew>
> To: Chris Cronje - MWeb <ccronje@mweb.com>
> Subject: Re: Compile Problem
> Cc: "'cflowd@caida.org'" <cflowd@caida.org>
>In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:52:41 +0200."
<14F7768EBC74D511A69B00805F3181782901F9@ZA12NT02>
>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:52:41 +0200
>> From: Chris Cronje - MWeb <ccronje@mweb.com>
>> To: "'cflowd@caida.org'" <cflowd@caida.org>
>> Subject: Compile Problem
>>
>>Hi There
>>
>>Iam having major hazzles installing cflowd on Solaris 2.6, if anybody can
>>give some advice I will greatly appreciate it:
>>
>>I've downloaded cflowd-2-1-b1.tar.gz multiple time and I keep on getting the
>>same problem.
>>
>>When untar the file using:
>>
>>tar -xvf cflowd-2-1-b1.tar
>>
>>It goes fine until it gets to this point:
>
>Well, even though your message was truncated before you showed the real
>problem, I'm going to guess that tar complained of a corruption of the
>tar file. That's a question that gets asked frequently.
>
>There are subtle incompatabilities between Solaris's tar and Gnu tar that
>show up when path names get very long. I suspect that is what you
>are running into. The fix is use Gnu tar for the unpacking.
>
>You can get the source code from:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/tar.html
>
>although the last person I pointed there for this problem later
>told me that he instead got the program from:
>
> http://www.sunfreeware.com/
>
>You'll need up-to-date Gnu tools aplenty (make and so forth) to build cflowd.
>Perhaps you already have them and just need to adjust your path or
>command name to use them. For example, here, I can run Gnu tar by
>invoking "gtar":
>
>jessie $ gtar --version
>tar (GNU tar) 1.12
>
>Copyright (C) 1988, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
>warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
>
>I hope that helps.
>
>Drew
>
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