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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:14:55 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To: Deepak Shekhar <dipaktc AT techie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: the tar from bootstrap.zip doesn't work
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Deepak Shekhar wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to configure and build cygwin from the sources.
> I dowloaded all the src-tar.gz files from the site
> ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp.
> 
> I also downloaded the bootstrap.zip.
> I unzipped this .zip file using winzip.
> I am working on windows-98 pc.
> My working dir is c:\cygwin
> It created a directory bin and tmpbin. It contains the following files
> gzip.exe
> tar.exe
> cygwin1.dll
> 
> I added this dir to my path
> path=%PATH%;c:\cygwin\bin.
> When i use this tar with to untar the -src.tar.gz files as below
> 
> tar xvfz c:\temp\latest\ash\ash-20010129-src.tar.gz.
> 
> tar (grandchild) Cannot open archive
> c:\temp\latest\ash\ash-20010129-src.tar.gz.
> tar (grandchild) Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> gzip : stdin : unexpected end of file.
> cygwin\bin\tar.exe: child returned status 1
> cygwin\bin\tar.exe: error exit delayed due to previous errors.
> 
> I have downloaded inthe binary mode. The same archive with the same command
> untars correctly on a linux box.
> 
> Please do help me.
> 

Ok.  I'll point you to the FAQ at http://cygwin.com for the answer. 
BTW, you need to uninstall the bootstrap archive, especially the
cygwin1.dll that existed in it.  IIRC this file was used by an older
version of setup.exe.

Earnie.

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