Matthias Kilian wrote:
On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 12:30:51PM +0100, Duncan Coutts wrote:
I've just been informed that unpacking the binary (i386) solaris distribution using bunzip2 and tar: It may work better in future if you use a non-GNU tar to pack it up in the first place. GNU tar uses a non-standard tar format by default. Solaris tar would likely have more luck unpacking a POSIX/USTAR tar format file. It's also possible to use gnu tar to make standard tar format files, using --format ustar rather than gnu tar's default of --format gnu.
Is there something like pax(1) available on solaris? If so, it should be be preferred, because it's a POSIX tool, so there's some hope that it behaves the same on different systems.
Yes, pax is available under solaris. I thought GNU tar is the standard packer under unix. (The usage message of pax is less clear.) Below is a part of "gtar --help" Cheers Christian Archive format selection: -H, --format=FORMAT create archive of the given format. FORMAT is one of the following: gnu GNU tar 1.13.x format oldgnu GNU format as per tar <= 1.12 pax POSIX 1003.1-2001 (pax) format posix Same as pax ustar POSIX 1003.1-1988 (ustar) format v7 old V7 tar format