Re: [Bug-tar] incompatible checksums with solaris tar, or filenamebuffer too small?

[Paul Eggert]

David Obermann <address@hidden> writes:

> But suns tar creates packages, that can be handled by gtar.

If only life were that simple!  It is not; the reverse is true as
well, as Sun's tar can create archives that GNU tar does not handle.

In both cases, you need to be careful to stick to the common
intersection of the two tar facilities.  Among other things, this
means you must stick to shorter file names.  The exact limits depend
on the circumstances, and you've run into one of the limits.