shebble wrote:
> I am getting this error trying to decompress several different tar files
> from sourceforge lately. Here is one such file:
>
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxc...8&big_mirror=0
>
>
> Here is the error:
> tar: A lone zero block at 12301
>
> Anyone else having trouble with tar?
> The same file gives no error in Ark. But who knows, maybe it just
> ignores the error.

I get the same message, but it seems to unpack it. No idea what it
means, though.

Algazm wrote:
> shebble wrote:
>> I am getting this error trying to decompress several different tar files
>> from sourceforge lately. Here is one such file:
>>
>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxc...8&big_mirror=0
>>
>>
>> Here is the error:
>> tar: A lone zero block at 12301
>>
>> Anyone else having trouble with tar?
>> The same file gives no error in Ark. But who knows, maybe it just
>> ignores the error.
>
> I get the same message, but it seems to unpack it. No idea what it
> means, though.

Ok its not just me then.

On 7 Feb, 18:57, shebble wrote:
> Algazm wrote:
> > shebble wrote:
> >> I am getting this error trying to decompress several different tar files
> >> from sourceforge lately. Here is one such file:
>
> >>http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxc...tar.gz?modtime...
>
> >> Here is the error:
> >> tar: A lone zero block at 12301
>
> >> Anyone else having trouble with tar?
> >> The same file gives no error in Ark. But who knows, maybe it just
> >> ignores the error.
>
> > I get the same message, but it seems to unpack it. No idea what it
> > means, though.
>
> Ok its not just me then.

Google down again? A quick search turned up this:

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=5452

C.