Re: decompress install error
Jan Minar wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:25:58AM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> > "tar: tmda-cgi-0.12/htdocs/display/dyn_buttons/subtopic9.png: Cannot
> > change ownership to uid 102725, gid 100: Invalid argument"
>
> Hi, Rick.
>
> In Linux 2.4, the GIDs (& UIDs too) are 16 bit, i.e. 0 to 2^16 - 1,
> which is 65535. 102725 > 65535.
>
> I guess the error isn't fatal, and the files untar just fine, only the
> group ownership is bogus?
>
> HTH.
> Jan Minar
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> Thanks Jan,
> Are you saying that Debian stable appears
> outdated to this program/process?
Not at all. The GID value has nothing to do with anything apart from
the number of groups that can coexist at a given time on a given system.
The GID will be bogus anyway, just think about it...
The system requirements/known incompatibilities should be stated in the
app documentation.
What system was the tar packed on, I wonder?
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:22:23PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> I've posted to the tmda-users list before I posted
> to the debian-users list, but got no response.
> I checked their archives. Someone else had basically the
> same problem as mine but, the problem wasn't solved.
> I've just sent my question to: gre7g@wolfhome.com
> who is someone more directly involved with the project.
It's not a bug, the UIDs have no meaning on a system other than the
original one. You should never unpack the UIDs, there is a tar option
for that, rtfm. If there wasn't it'd be a tar bug.
HTH.
Jan Minar
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