Re: tar: couldn't get uname for uid 70099

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 23:43 +0200, Herta Van den Eynde wrote:

>                 2009/9/6 xiangfeng shen <address@hidden>
>                         
>                         HI,
>                          
>                         I encounter an issue when buillding.
>                         tar: couldn't get uname for uid 70099
>                         I google it for a suggestion:
>                         #chown -R <username>:<groupname> /xxx
>                         But I can't get the $uid and $gid in make
>                         file.
>                         Could any guys can help me?
>                          
>                         Best regards.
>                         carl shen
>                          
>                         Next is the detail log:
>                                 tar cfh opc_pkg/cc.tar
>                         cc/bin/checkCCports   cc/bin/updateGUIdelay
>                         cc/bin/vacuumDB  cc/conf  cc/libs
>                         tar: couldn't get uname for uid 70099
>                         tar: couldn't get uname for uid 70099
>                         tar: couldn't get uname for uid 70099
>                         *** Error code 5
>                         clearmake: Error: Build script failed for
>                         "CC_PKG"

First, this question has nothing to do with GNU make.  This mailing list
is for help with using and writing makefiles for GNU make, not generic
questions related to any package that uses a makefile.

Second, your problem cannot be solved without know what operating system
you're running this on, etc.  Different versions of tar have different
options that can be used to force the unpacked files to have the local
uid/gid rather than the one that was contained in the tar file; see the
man page for tar on your system.

If you can't figure it out, please contact someone who knows about the
software you're trying to build: only they can help you solve this
problem.

Good luck!

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