Re: [Bug-tar] GNU Tar 1.28 configuration test for deep directory hierarchy failing on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Jonathan Leffler wrote:
> First of all, it creates a deep chain of directories with the name
> 'confdir-14B---' at each level.  Then the creation process fails at a
> rather deep nesting level.  At this point, tools such as Bash have problems
> processing the directory name.  And, worse still, the directory chain can't
> be removed.

FWIW, I found this same problem time ago trying to install 1.26 (I 
think) on an old laptop running GNU/Linux. I do not remember how I 
managed to remove the directory chain.


Best regards,
Antonio.