Untarring gcc 4.3.0 in AIX

[David Daney]

Vardhan, Sundara (GE Infra, Energy) wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I untarred gcc-4.3.0 in AIX and I get the following error :
> 
> ././@LongLink, 112 bytes, 1 tape blocks
> x gcc-4.3.0/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/tr1/5_numerical_facilities/random/normal_distribution/requirements
> tar: directory checksum error (-264386648 != 42287)
> 
> I tried to download from different mirror sites still the same error. Any help or pointer will be greatly help.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 

You must use GNU tar.  The vendor supplied tar on many systems cannot handle long path names.

David Daney