news@mfci.UUCP (Usenet) (02/28/89)
I recently got the DECUS tape V-SP-84 (VAX SIG F88,Part 2, Anaheim)
pretty much solely for the GNU software. I'm hitting problems with
the lzcmp'd tar'd files, and also with the hard-to-find-mutually-
inconsistent documentation in the GNU directory and the TOOLS directory.
I used the LZDCMP -B option on EDIST_18_52.TAR_LZW, then (installed and)
ran the FILE program to change EDIST_18_52.TAR to FIXED format, 512 byte
file, only to get the following results from the TOOLS TARREAD program:
$ assign "EDIST_18_52.TAR" TAPE
$ tarread
****RENAMED: dist-18.52/ChangeLog
TO: ChangeLog
CREATED: d_db:[decus.gnu.dist_18]
CREATED: d_db:[decus.gnu.dist_18.52]
CREATED: d_db:[decus.gnu.dist_18.52]ChangeLog
Do you wish to move past the EOF mark ? y/n
y
End of file encountered
$
Yechh. The only file created was [.dist_18.52]changelog.
Any suggestions (Other than getting the GNU VMS Backup
tape direct from FSF)? Has anyone been able to successfully
install EMACS from the V-SP-84 tape?
Thanks much.
Brendan Fagan fagan@mfci.UUCP (203)488-6090