>From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden> >Organization: NIU >Keywords: 200006292025.e5TKPxT08346 McIDAS-X 7.6 update RedHat 6.2 Linux tar Gilbert >Got another problem. I am finally installing the May 18th update to 7.6, >by getting the mcupdate.tar.Z file and placing it in my mcidas7.6/update >directory. But when I type, as user mcidas: > >./mcunpack > >It don't like it one doggone bit! Gives me a bunch of errors about how it >doesn't like ".." in the file and exits. If you want to try it, you know >the machine, and I hope, the password. This is a new "feature" of tar in RedHat 6.2 Linux. I just learned about this from James D. Marco of Cornell a couple of days ago. It seems that the FSF and/or RedHat Linux folks decided that relative file locations in tar files is a bad thing, so they removed the capability. So what can you do now (now meaning before I completely change my update procedure (ugh))? Well, none of the options are pretty. If you have a RedHat 5.x, 6.[01], or some other system, then you could: o FTP mcupdate.tar.Z to one of those machines o unpack it: zcat mcupdate.tar.Z | tar xvf - o repackage it without relative locations: rm mcupdate.tar.Z tar cvf mcupdate.tar src/* compress mcupdate.tar o bring the repackaged mcupdate.tar.Z back to your 6.2 machine and put it in the ~mcidas/mcidas7.6/update directory o make a link from mcidas7.6/update/src to mcidas7.6/src cd ~mcidas/mcidas7.6/update ln -s ../src src o unpack the repackaged mcupdate.tar.Z file Repackaging the update file really is the only option right now; sorry. Tom >From address@hidden Thu Jun 29 15:02:02 2000 >Subject: Re: 20000629: McIDAS 7.6 update...isn't updating! re: If you have a RedHat 5.x, 6.[01], or some other system, then you could: >No I don't. Just 6.2. re: Repackaging the update file really is the only option right now; sorry. >Sigh. I will have to wait then until you update the change >procedure. :-(
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