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Subject: /usr/bin/tar: Archive value 88578 is out of uid_t range 0..65535
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From: pjacklam AT online DOT no (Peter J. Acklam)
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 13:50:53 +0100
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I use the cpan shell to install Perl modules, but I often get the
error messages like

   /usr/bin/tar: Archive value 88578 is out of uid_t range 0..65535

and tar ends with a non-zero exit status so the module won't
install.  How can I get around this?  Are there any plans of
supporting higher uids than 65535 in Cygwin?

Peter

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