Thanks to the guys who responded to my mail, Michael Schwendt and Roderick Eugenio Tapang (mails included below).
I'd already tried simply copying the file to .rpm (removing the .tar extension) - but that didn't work. The advice to try "file PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar" was what did it. The file command showed that the file was actually gzipped as well as tarred. So "tar -xzvf" did the trick. Thanks very much for the help! Paul Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:52:02 +0100 From: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: trouble with an rpm.tar file Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:34:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Warner wrote: > I've encountered a file with extensions rpm.tar. It's > the international PGP distribution, > PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar. > > If I try to untar it (tar xvf), I get: > > 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 > > If I try to run rpm on it, I get: > PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar: not an rpm package (or > package manifest): > > I looked for an answer, but didn't locate one. > Checked the tar and rpm man pages, faq's for pgp, > documentation for rpm, and google...nothing turned up, > or I missed something. See what "file PGPcmdln_6.5.8.Lnx_FW.rpm.tar" returns. If it fails to identify the file format, have a look at the beginning of the file (e.g. with "less" or "hexedit") and tell us what you see. From: "Tapang, Roderick Eugenio (GXS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: trouble with an rpm.tar file Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:15:49 +0800 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] try renaming it to .rpm ( ie mv file.rpm.tar file.rpm) and then retry rpm -ivh. just a guess. :) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
