On Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:04:42 +1100 (EST) 
 "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@cdn.telstra.com.au> wrote:

 > tar: can't create src/bin/dd/CVS/Repository: Not a directory
 > tar: src/bin/dd: Not a directory
 > tar: can't create src/bin/dd/CVS/Entries: Not a directory
 > tar: src/bin/dd: Not a directory
 > tar: can't create src/bin/dd/CVS/Tag: Not a directory
 > ...
 > 
 > bin is being created as a file!
 > 
 > would it be possible to use something portable for these source
 > archives? 

The problem is that SunOS tar(1) is just plain broken.  It doens't
handle diretories properly.

I suggest you build GNU tar(1) for your SunOS system.

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