Re: [cobalt-users] Pkg created... trying to install => package bad file length

[John Keegan <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When you create the tar file, did you cd into that directory and do
something like this:
    
    tar -czvf ~/RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.tar.gz *

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John Keegan
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> From: "Robbert Hamburg \(HaVa Web- & Procesdesign\)" <user@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:03:23 +0100
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Pkg created... trying to install => package bad file
> length
> 
> I tried to ripp apart the postgres/php pkg
> 
> But when i compile it again i get an error everytime.
> 
> This is what i did and perhaps you guru's can shed some light on it.
> 
> tar -xvzf RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.pkg
> 
> i remove the php rpm's and then i try to rebuild the dir where i extracted
> the original in.
> using the following command.
> 
> tar -cvzf RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.tar.gz
> after that i rename that tar.gz file to a pkg extention.
> 
> When i move that pkg to the /home/packages dir and try to install from the
> GUI i get the error like package bad file length/ or package file corrupt.
> 
> Can some tell me what i am doing wrong....
> 
> Any hints welcome....
> 
> Robbert
> 
> 
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