gnu tar v1.19 installation error messages

[Jan Shu]

Hi All,

I downloaded tar-1.19.tar.gz from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ to a HPUX 11.23 PA-RISC server. I ran ./configure --> make --> make install --> I got the following error messages. Can you please help?

njuxdv02 # make install
No suffix list.
Making install in doc
test -z "/usr/local/share/info" || /bin/sh ../build-aux/mkinstalldirs "/usr/local/share/info
"
mkdir /usr/local/share
mkdir /usr/local/share/info
/opt/imake/bin/install -c -m 644 './tar.info' '/usr/local/share/info/tar.info'
/opt/imake/bin/install -c -m 644 './tar.info-1' '/usr/local/share/info/tar.info-1'
/opt/imake/bin/install -c -m 644 './tar.info-2' '/usr/local/share/info/tar.info-2'
Making install in lib
make install-am
source='strerror.c' object='strerror.o' libtool=no \
DEPDIR=.deps depmode=hp /bin/sh ../build-aux/depcomp \
cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -g -c -o strerror.o strerror.c
cc: "strerror.c", line 32: error 1588: "CHAR_BIT" undefined.
cc: "strerror.c", line 32: error 1503: Array size must be integral.
*** Error exit code 1

Stop.
*** Error exit code 1


Regards,
Jan Shu
System Admin

[OldSchool]

duplicate. see other post

[OldSchool · Accepted solution]

see porting center for precompiled depot version
http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.19/

[Jan Shu]

Hi OldSchool,
Thanks. I will try this http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.19/. I will let you know if it works. Thanks.

Regards,
Jan

[Jan Shu]

Hi OldSchool,

The URL you sent it works!! Can you please reply to this thread again so I can give you 10 pints? Thanks.

Regards,
Jan

[Jan Shu]

Hi OldSchool,

I went to http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.19/ and downloaded tar-1.19 for HP-UX 11i v2 (HP-UX 11.23) PA-RISC 2.0, tar-1.19-hppa-11.23.depot.gz, gettext-0.17-hppa-11.23.depot.gz, libiconv-1.12-hppa-11.23.depot.gz. And then I gunzip these 3 files and ran SAM software install utilities and completed the 3 depot installations. After the install, I ran tar on a 14GB file and it was failed. I found the http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/cgi-bin/wwwtar?/hpux/Gnu/tar-1.19/tar-1.19-src-11.11.tar.gz+tar-1.19/HPUX.Install+text showing different installation steps. What is the correct installation step? Can you please help again? Thanks.

Regards,
Jan

[Steven Schweda]

> I ran tar on a 14GB file and it was failed.

Which "tar" did you run?
Actual command?
Actual error message?

[OldSchool]

Like Steven asked, "Which tar did you run?"

The gnu tar will *not* replace the existing tar on the system. I believe that gnu tar installs in /usr/local/bin...could be wrong.

check the output of "which tar" to see which one it finds first.

[Jan Shu]

Hi Steven,

I couldn't tell which tar (hp tar or gnu tar) I have now since I installed the tar-1.19-hppa-11.23.depot.gz an hour ago.

The command I had was "tar -cvf /backup/test.tar /oradata/test.DBF" and the error message was "tar:Size of /oradata/test.DBF >=8GB. Not Dump".

I suspect my gnu tar 1.19 installation wasn't correct or maybe I missed somethings.

Regards,
Jan

[Jan Shu]

Hi OldSchool,
Here is the which tar result.

njuxdv02 # which tar
/usr/bin/tar

What is the correct command for the gnu tar? I am new to this gnu tar. Thanks.

regards,
Jan