Re: GNU tar installation?

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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.


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