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

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I tried to ripp apart the postgres/php pkg But when i compile it
> again i get an error everytime.

Did you edit the "packing_list" and "upgrade_me" files to remove any 
lines which refer to the bits you removed? That's most likely the 
cause of your errors...

> 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.

You can just do:

tar czvf /tmp/RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-15959.pkg .

tar doesn't care what the filename is, as long as you specify one.  
Remember to put the PKG file outside the current directory tree 
you're tarring up or you can get some interesting recursion-related 
problems... :)  And remember the trailing "." which means "do 
everything in the working directory" (assuming you are sitting in the 
"root" of the PKG contents...)

Also would be a good idea to use a different PKG name than the 
"original" from Sun, just so you don't confuse yourself.  (Make sure 
you put the different name in the "packing_list" file as well)

- -- 
Bruce Timberlake

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