Re: source tree on 2.9 cd

["Jay Moore" <jaymo@hiwaay.net>]

On 1 Jan 2002,, you wrote:

> > After upgrading my system to 2.9, I tried copying the source tree iaw
> > the instructions, i.e. 	cd /usr/src 	tar xvf /mnt/src.tar.gz
> > 
> > I get a message that says:
> > "tar: Cannot identify format. Searching..." 
> > 
> > followed by a bunch of error msgs like 
> > "tar:Cpio file name length xxxx is out of range", and 
> > "tar:Cpio file name in header is corrupted"
> > 
> > Anyone know what this is all about?
> 
> There's an error in the instructions.  Add a "z" to the tar flags:
> 
>  tar xzvf /mnt/src.tar.gz
> 
> so that tar knows to invoke gzip(1) to uncompress the tarball.

Thanks, Matthew! 

I'd already started getting the entire tree via cvs, but this will save 
me some time with the ports & X11 trees. 

"Boy, I sure am glad I bought the cd!", said Jay sarcastically.