Re: Portable AllegroServe + Clisp

Peter Seibel <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:m3ekbpojp3.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> "jonathon" <j_mckitrick@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> RC wrote:
>>
>>> There seems to be a glitch when untaring practicals-1.0.3.tar.gz
>>> with both winzip and tar under Freebsd 4.9.
>>>
>>> I saw no problems with practicals-1.0.3.zip.
>>
>> I saw the same think. The last file, though unnecessary, is
>> truncated and screws up the archive.
>
> Hmmm. What do you mean by "last file" and "truncated"? According to
> "tar tzf" the last file is .p4change and when I unpack the tar with
> "tar xzf" the file looks fine. It's just one line long.
>
> -Peter
>

I'm unpacking with "tar xvzf".
Any difference with that?
.

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