Upgrade java/icedtea-web from 1.2_2 -> 1.3 fails: "tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale"

[Eitan Adler]

On 8 September 2012 08:42, David Wolfskill <david at catwhisker.org> wrote:
> IMPORTANT: To build IcedTea-Web 1.3, you have to turn on 'ICEDTEA' option
> for java/openjdk6 (default).  Otherwise, it will neither build nor work.
>
> tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale.
> tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale.
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
> *** Error code 1

what is the output of locale(1) ? What if you try with env LC_ALL=C ?


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Eitan Adler