On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:37:01 +0100, Erik P. Olsen <erik@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 09:29 -0500, Leonard Isham wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:06:30 +0100, Erik P. Olsen <erik@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Excuse me for asking a newbie question, but I am a little uneasy about > > > what to do. > > > > > > I am running FC3 which comes with GNU tar version 1.14. I plan to > > > upgrade it to version 1.15.1 which comes in tar format only. What is the > > > recommended way of installing it? Should I remove it first and risk that > > > the installation may require tar processing? > > > > Take a moment and think about this. > > > > 1. You want to upgrade tar > > 2. The new version of tar comes as a tarball > > 3. If you delete/remove tar then how are you going to read the tarball? > I have no problem in untaring the tarball. > > 4. Download the new tar's tarball and untar it look at the > > documentation and determine how you wat to proceed from there. > Sorry, I shouldn't have asked the question. I was just looking for a > friendly advice. [snip] I didn't mean to be harsh, but I have run into troubles in this type of situation myself. I wanted to give a note of caution. I have not updated tar myself so I have no other advice. -- Leonard Isham, CISSP Ostendo non ostento.
