[Dune] 'dune-localfunctions-2.0' tarball

[patrick.henning at uni-muenster.de]

Hi Markus, hi Oliver,

thanks a lot for the answer!
It's good to know that it is a Mac-specific problem and how it can be
avoided. I will put an entry on the DUNE User Wiki to warn that this may
happen.

Best,
Patrick

> Hi Patrick,
>
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 12:23:07AM +0100, Patrick Henning wrote:
>
>> PS: Or is it perhaps a Mac-specific unpacking problem? I didn't test
>> it under Linux.
>
> As always: your search engine can help:
> http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/12935-how-extract-tarballs-long-filenames.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>

> Hi Patrick!
> I tried and I cannot reproduce this on my Debian squeeze machine.
>
> There are various known issues related to tar formats und filename length.
> You may want to read
> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Formats.html
> for more information.
>
> best,
> Oliver
>