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Add section about the necessity of 'GNU tar' during the build process
author simonis
date Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:30:36 +0100
parents 44639bf80d87
children 50f2b3cacf77
files README-ppc.html
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/README-ppc.html	Tue Oct 30 19:13:18 2012 +0100
+++ b/README-ppc.html	Mon Nov 12 09:30:36 2012 +0100
@@ -330,6 +330,14 @@
 cups-devel-1.6.1-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm</code>.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+The default AIX <code>tar</code> may give you errors like
+"<code>/usr/bin/tar: arg list too long</code>" during the build
+process so we strongly recommend to install
+the <a href="ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/tar/tar-1.14-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm">tar-1.14-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm</a>
+package from IBM's AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications site.
+</p>
+
 <h4>Setting up the <code>PATH</code> and building</h4>
 
 <p>