[rox-devel] Re: Archive 2.0 bug with files > 2G

[Peter <sw...@ho...>]

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:04:36 +0000, Thomas Leonard wrote:

>>>> 
>>>> For the time being, tar -x[jz]  must be used.
>>> 
>>> That's odd. Archive doesn't know anything about the contents of the
>>> archive. It would make sense if it failed for a *total* archive size
>>> over 2 Gb (that would suggest Python had been compiled without large
>>> file suppport).
>>> 
snip...
> You could try running that manually, eg:
> 
> $ gunzip -c - < my.tgz | tar xf -

which works fine, and NOW, today, Archive-2.0 completes too. I can only
assume that I had run out of disk space on the destination partition, or
forgot to properly specify the correct partition.

Sorry about this bogus report. I feel like the person who goes to the car
mechanic with a rattle and when you get there, there is no rattle.

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