Re: [boost] Is the release boost_1_31_0.tar.gz file OK?

From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-09 09:18:50

--- Phil Richards <news_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Normal "tar" can only cope with pathnames up to 100 characters long.
> There are 10 files in "boost-1.30.0/*" that exceed this limit - they
> are the ones that will lead to GNU tar introducing "long links".
> 
> (All of them under
> boost-1.30.0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/
> btw)
> 
> If the guilty files are suitably renamed/moved then GNU tar won't generate
> long links...

Thanks for the hint! Based on this I made a little experiment:

tar xf boost_1_31_0.tar # under Tru64, IRIX ("normal tar")
mv boost_1_31_0 boost_1_31_x
tar cf boost_1_31_x.tar boost_1_31_x

Then I unpacked both the original boost_1_31_0.tar and boost_1_31_x.tar under
Linux, followed by diff -r. The list of missing files is attached.

Ralf

Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
abstract_interface.h
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
abstract_interface.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
auto_register_facili
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
auto_register_facility.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
boost_function_test_
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
boost_function_test_case.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
function_test_case.h
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
function_test_case.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_boost_
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_boost_function_test_case.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_class_
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_class_test_case.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_functi
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
parameterized_function_test_case.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
test_case_template.h
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_case:
test_case_template.html
Only in
boost_1_31_x/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_log:
custom_log_formatter.
Only in
boost_1_31_0/libs/test/doc/components/unit_test_framework/components/test_log:
custom_log_formatter.html

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