"Bhavesh Davda" <bhavesh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Attached is my attempt at the same command "make prefix=/var/tmp/ggg clean > all install" > > make install failes for the templates directory, leading to the entire make > install failing: > > make -C templates DESTDIR='' install > make[1]: Entering directory `/VMware/kernel/git/git/templates' > : no custom templates yet > install -d -m755 '/var/tmp/ggg/share/git-core/templates/' > (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \ > (cd '/var/tmp/ggg/share/git-core/templates/' && tar xf -) > tar: This does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors I have a feeling that you have CDPATH exported to the environment, which is a braindamage. It is a fine usability helper for interactive shells so I do not have problem with people setting that in shell as shell variables, though. In other words, never do "export CDPATH=..." nor "export CDPATH". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html