Re: package build failures on netbsd-8 using nbtar, pax, bsdtar

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost writes:

>> tar: File extended headers posix ustar archive. Extracting as plain files. Following files might be in the wrong directory or have wrong attributes.
>> ----------  1 root     wheel        156 Dec 31  1969 ././@PaxHeader
>> -rw-r--r--  1 502      staff       1007 Dec 31  1969 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml-1.1.4/sphinxcontrib/serializinghtml/locales/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/sphinxco
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> Have you seen the dates? It pre-dates the epoq? Is it supported? Because
> this seems to imply that the date is negative (probably -1)...

The epoch started at 1900 on December 31, 1969, in my timezone.

But good point  that this seems odd.