On Saturday 15 January 2005 17:26, Kurt Raschke wrote:
>On Jan 15, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>> First thought here:
>> Look for the GNUtar-version.
>> 1.13.25 should work.
>> Newer releases are known to cause problems.
>>
>> Apart from that we could need more infos:
>>
>> Did you do any changes/updates on this client lately, has it
>> worked before?
>
>Well, it's a brand-new install, so I suppose you could say it has
> never worked before.
>
>As to the tar version:
>
>bash-2.05$ gtar --version
>tar (GNU tar) 1.13

This version is known to be broken, you need either 1.13-19 or 
1.13-25.

1.14 is also known to be broken.

>Does 1.13.25 come after 1.13?  If so, then I will upgrade gtar and
> see if that helps.
>
>-Kurt

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