Re: tar "End of archive volume ..."

[Joachim Schipper <j_(_dot_)_schipper_(_at_)_math_(_dot_)_uu_(_dot_)_nl>]

On Sat, Mar 25, 2006 at 07:56:20PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote:
> hi there,
> 
> could someone more knowledgable about tar comment please on this
> warning?
> 
> tar: End of archive volume 1 reached
> 
> i know it's not an error per se, but what is it?  whose "fault" is it?
> is it worth writing about upstream to the package author?

As Otto pointed out, more details would be nice.

It is possible to write multipart tar archives; maybe you encountered
one such archive?

Also, please retry downloading the file and/or compare against checksums
- it might be a network glitch.

		Joachim