On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Pete Nush wrote:


> I just downloaded the following file from ftp.macbsd.com:
> 
> /pub/contrib/pico.tar.gz


If you mean on macbsd.com... I hope to heck so.

> and when I try to install it, I get the following error message:
> 
>      Invalid compressed data--format violated 1
>      Unexpected end of file -- not a valid tar archive.
>      Try using the mini-shell and cpin or cpout.

Installer bug, I believe.  No tarred and gzipped file I've ever created
under NetBSD has been readable by the installer... ever....  I think it
may have something to do with whether you tar and then gzip or gzip
through pipes. I can pull it apart and put it back together under NetBSD
to see, though.  Try using the mini-shell, use cpin, and then use

tar -xf pico.tar.gz --ungzip

from within NetBSD.  That _should_ work.

Hope that helps,

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