Re: Problem with tar while installing git

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"Miguel Vaz" <hepaminondas@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I've already googled around to see if this is a known issue, but found
> nothing.

Try again.

git "this does not look like a tar archive"

as keywords into Google spit out wagonloads of relevant reports.

>    When installing git, after
>
>    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
>    make
>    make install

[...]

> (cd blt && tar cf - .) | \
> (cd '/home/mvaz/local/share/git-core/templates/' && umask 022 && tar xf -)
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive

To cut the search short: don't export CDPATH in your interactive shell
startup scripts.  It is a really bad idea.

-- 
David Kastrup

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