Never mind... an update to vcstools 0,1,14 fixes it. What's the best way to keep all these python pieces up to date? On 04/03/2012 04:36 PM, Traveler wrote: > Found this trying to test the fuerte .rosinstall... > > For the file: > https://code.ros.org/svn/release/download/stacks/geometry/geometry-1.8.0/geometry-1.8.0.tar.bz2 > > The following fails: > tar -xf filename > > but the following succeeds: > tar -xjf filename > > no problem with the other archives > --- > rosinstall --version > rosinstall 0.6.12 > vcstools: 0.1.10 > SVN: svn, version 1.7.4 (r1295709); > Mercurial: Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 2.1.1); > Git: 1.7.9.5; 'reset --keep': True, submodules: True > Tar: (GNU tar) 1.26; > Bzr: Bazaar (bzr) 2.5.0; > > tar version 1.26 > > error message<<=== > tar: Archive contains `\266k$\215\201=s\326\321-\343\336' where numeric > off_t value expected > tar: Archive contains `\367m\331݀\350\035F' where numeric mode_t value > expected > tar: Archive contains `ob\347nz)\336\367\\=\a\276' where numeric time_t > value expected > tar: Archive contains `\306C\256\262J\201l\t' where numeric uid_t value > expected > tar: Archive contains `\260\206\347*\322\301\265`' where numeric gid_t > value expected > tar: BZh91AY&SY0_�W�����������������������������������������Ϸn8����D� > K*T�Ͻ��CF����;��p���u�Xt��l: implausibly old time stamp 1970-01-01 > 00:59:59 > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > === > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users