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I have tried 'tar xjvf ' and pkgmerge too. It is the files in the /packages |
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directory of the cd that seem to be corrupt. Running file on them says data |
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file instead of compressed bzip2 file as it should. The sys.tbz2 file is OK. |
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Abhishek. |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: <drobbins@g.o> |
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To: <gentoo-dev@g.o> |
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:54 PM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] grub problem |
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> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:42:17AM -0700, Pete Gavin wrote: |
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> > > Also, I am unable to decompress the stuff in the packages |
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directory on |
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> > > the CD as they seem to be corrupt. Did nobody else come across |
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this? I |
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> > > got the rc4_pre2 cd a couple of days after it was released. I |
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hope I |
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> > > was able to explain my situation. I will appreciate your help. |
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> |
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> > The packages are all tbz2 files, which means they are compressed w/ |
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> > bzip2. You should use tar xjf rather than tar xzf to decompress them; |
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> > if you're just trying to install the packages, use portage-merge |
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> > <packagename>.tbz2 instead. |
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> Actually, "pkgmerge" is the command he should be using. Maybe I need to |
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update |
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> the docs :/ :) |
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> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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