trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy) (05/29/90)
Thanks so far so suggestions re: GCC under ESIX...
Have acquired 'LS-LR.Z' & 'GCC1371.Tar.Z' for
installation & education...
Problem with ESIX 'tar' command....Tried
'tar xvf ls-lr.Z' and...
got messages like
1). Bad checksum on directory
2). Invalid blocksize (Blocks=20)
do I need a different version of tar under
ESIX for GNU (like tar.Z).
Problem with GCC1371.Tar.Z is that host system
(Vax Ultrix) denies access to 'Tar' & this
1.5M file wont fit to floppy medium & requires
about 4 hours to download at 2400 baud!!!
Nothings easy, eh????palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) (05/29/90)
From article <5565@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, by trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy): > Problem with ESIX 'tar' command....Tried > 'tar xvf ls-lr.Z' and... > got messages like > 1). Bad checksum on directory > 2). Invalid blocksize (Blocks=20) It's a two step process. 1.) compress -u GCC1371.tar.Z 2.) tar xvf GCC1371.tar > do I need a different version of tar under > ESIX for GNU (like tar.Z). No. You do need the compress program though. If you don't have it, it's available for downloading off my bbs. File: compress located in the 'unix_fmaint' files area. Data line number should be in my .sig. > Problem with GCC1371.Tar.Z is that host system > (Vax Ultrix) denies access to 'Tar' & this > 1.5M file wont fit to floppy medium & requires > about 4 hours to download at 2400 baud!!! The problem is with your host system that denies you access to 'tar'. If it helps any I also made availble the 1.37 of GCC for ESIX. It's in a file called 'gcc386.tar.Z' located in the 'unix_c' files area. It is only the executables and doc, file size is 327K so it should take 4 hours to download at 2400. > Nothings easy, eh???? Try sex. ---Bob -- Bob Palowoda palowoda@fiver | *Home of Fiver BBS* Home {sun}!ys2!fiver!palowoda | 415-623-8809 1200/2400 {pacbell}!indetech!fiver!palowoda | An XBBS System Work {sun,pyramid,decwrl}!megatest!palowoda| 415-623-8806 1200/2400/19.2k TB+
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (05/30/90)
In article <5565@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> trw@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Weil timothy) writes: >Problem with ESIX 'tar' command....Tried > 'tar xvf ls-lr.Z' and... >got messages like > 1). Bad checksum on directory > 2). Invalid blocksize (Blocks=20) This is not a tar problem. The .Z suffix indicates that the file is compressed, so you need to uncompress it to look at it. The ls-lR file from uunet is a file/directory listing of all of the files available from uunet. It is plain-text (once it is uncompressed). >Problem with GCC1371.Tar.Z is that host system >(Vax Ultrix) denies access to 'Tar' & this >1.5M file wont fit to floppy medium & requires >about 4 hours to download at 2400 baud!!! Once it is uncompressed, it will be around 3 or 4 MB and be even harder to uncompress. I would suggest that you split the file, download each part and then do the following: cat gcc.part* | uncompress | tar -xovf - -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170