[zfs-discuss] Possible ZFS problem

andy thomas
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:02:10 -0000

On Sat, 13 Aug 2011, Joerg Schilling wrote:

> andy thomas <andy at time-domain.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> What ''tar'' program were you using?  Make sure to
also try using the
>>> Solaris-provided tar rather than something like GNU tar.
>>
>> I was using GNU tar actually as the original archive was created on a
>> Linux machine. I will try it again using Solaris tar.
>
> GNU tar does not follow the standard when creating archives, so Sun tar may
be
> unable to unpack the archive correctly.

So it is GNU tar that is broken and not Solaris tar? I always thought it
was the other way round. Thanks for letting me know.

> But GNU tar makes strange things when unpacking symlinks.
>
> I recommend to use star, it understands GNU tar archives.

I''ve just installed this (version 1.5a78) from Sunfreeware and am
having a
play.

Danke!

Andy