From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
To: "Rouviere, Stephane" <stephane.rouviere@intel.com>
Cc: "'Johan Vermeire WX21 54189'" <Johan.Vermeire@alcatel.be>, Syd Polk <spolk@redhat.com>, sourcenav@sources.redhat.com
Subject: RE: Source Navigator 4.5.1 -> Configure problem -> Unpacking the tar  file gives a checksum error
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:04:00 -0000
Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008281201520.6706-100000@moshpit.cygnus.com>
References: <D3DFF77F2F31D211AC3F00A0C9962CDC0360FDDB@irsmsx31.ir.intel.com>
X-SW-Source: 2000-q3/msg00321.html

   I had the same problem with the tar: directory checksum error. It
   seams to be a Sun tar problem. I took a gnu version of tar, recompiled
   it under SunOS and then untar SN451.tar with it and it works. The
   checksum error desappear.

The S-N distribution archives should not require GNU tar to unpack them.  
This is obviously a really confusing point for newcomers.  There are
compatibility options for GNU tar, mentioned in the Automake documentation
(and used by `make dist').

Ben