On windows, I use the GnuWin32 tar package. When I try to use the package
task it gave me an error that windows cannot fork. Looking online, I find
this blog post
http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/which
has the following
Creating a zip package worked on the first try, but tar complained
that it *'Cannot
fork: Function not implemented' *. It turns out that Cygwin's tar can't run
gzip. So once again, it's time to fix the Rake source code. This time we're
talking about *rake/packagetask.rb*, line 117 that calls tar with the z
option. I replaced that one line with a separate call to tar and gzip:
sh %{tar cvf #{package_name}.tar #{package_name}} if flag == 'z' sh
%{gzip #{package_name}.tar} end
You'll need to be a bit more fancy if you want to support both .tar.gz and
.tgz suffixes, but this little fix will allow you to create .tar.gz.
I did this and the package task worked.
···
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: windows xp package task
To: Rake Development and Discussion <rake-devel@rubyforge.org>
Dominic Sisneros wrote:
From: Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: windows xp package task
To: Rake Development and Discussion <rake-devel@rubyforge.org>
On windows, I use the GnuWin32 tar package. When I try to use the package
task it gave me an error that windows cannot fork. Looking online, I find
this blog post
http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/which
has the following
Creating a zip package worked on the first try, but tar complained
that it *'Cannot
fork: Function not implemented' *. It turns out that Cygwin's tar can't run
gzip. So once again, it's time to fix the Rake source code. This time we're
talking about *rake/packagetask.rb*, line 117 that calls tar with the z
option. I replaced that one line with a separate call to tar and gzip:
sh %{tar cvf #{package_name}.tar #{package_name}} if flag == 'z' sh
%{gzip #{package_name}.tar} end
You'll need to be a bit more fancy if you want to support both .tar.gz and
.tgz suffixes, but this little fix will allow you to create .tar.gz.
I did this and the package task worked.
That's wrong. Cygwin's tar works fine with gzip. Trying to run GnuWin's tar ( which is NOT Cygwin's tar ) via Cygwin most likely will not work, as GnuWin's tar has no idea what cygwin1.dll is nor how to interface with it.
$ tar cvfz gzipped.tgz TestP*rb
TestP2.rb
TestP3.rb
cyberhome: /C/Downloads>
$ tar tvfz gzipped.tgz
-rwx------ Administrator/None 32 2006-04-02 00:35 TestP2.rb
-rwx------ Administrator/None 115 2006-04-02 00:47 TestP3.rb
$ ll *tgz
-rwx------+ 1 Administrator None 4258 Feb 19 2005 tinywm-1.2.tgz*
-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administrator None 287 Nov 14 21:29 gzipped.tgz
···
---------- Forwarded message ----------
If you are trying to avoid cygwin (and its path handling can be a good
reason, depending upon if you are trying to use Win32, rather than
pretend you are on Linux), but still want a functional Win32 tar check
out BsdTar:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bsdtar.htm
Install and make a copy on your path with the name tar, works like a
charm for me.
pth
···
On 11/14/06, Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: windows xp package task
To: Rake Development and Discussion <rake-devel@rubyforge.org>
On windows, I use the GnuWin32 tar package. When I try to use the package
task it gave me an error that windows cannot fork. Looking online, I find
this blog post
http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/which
has the following
Creating a zip package worked on the first try, but tar complained
that it *'Cannot
fork: Function not implemented' *. It turns out that Cygwin's tar can't run
gzip. So once again, it's time to fix the Rake source code. This time we're
talking about *rake/packagetask.rb*, line 117 that calls tar with the z
option. I replaced that one line with a separate call to tar and gzip:
sh %{tar cvf #{package_name}.tar #{package_name}} if flag == 'z' sh
%{gzip #{package_name}.tar} end
You'll need to be a bit more fancy if you want to support both .tar.gz and
.tgz suffixes, but this little fix will allow you to create .tar.gz.
I did this and the package task worked.
I have no troubly using msys on windows.
···
On 11/14/06, Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:12 PM
Subject: windows xp package task
To: Rake Development and Discussion <rake-devel@rubyforge.org>
On windows, I use the GnuWin32 tar package. When I try to use the package
task it gave me an error that windows cannot fork. Looking online, I find
this blog post
Thanks Patrick
Using bsdtar instead of tar worked for me
···
On 11/14/06, Patrick Hurley <phurley@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/14/06, Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dominic Sisneros <dsisnero@gmail.com>
> Date: Nov 9, 2006 3:12 PM
> Subject: windows xp package task
> To: Rake Development and Discussion <rake-devel@rubyforge.org>
>
> On windows, I use the GnuWin32 tar package. When I try to use the
package
> task it gave me an error that windows cannot fork. Looking online, I
find
> this blog post
>
http://blog.labnotes.org/2005/11/03/creating-zip-and-tar-packages-with-rake-on-windows/which
> has the following
>
> Creating a zip package worked on the first try, but tar complained
> that it *'Cannot
> fork: Function not implemented' *. It turns out that Cygwin's tar can't
run
> gzip. So once again, it's time to fix the Rake source code. This time
we're
> talking about *rake/packagetask.rb*, line 117 that calls tar with the z
> option. I replaced that one line with a separate call to tar and gzip:
>
> sh %{tar cvf #{package_name}.tar #{package_name}} if flag == 'z' sh
> %{gzip #{package_name}.tar} end
>
> You'll need to be a bit more fancy if you want to support both .tar.gz
and
> .tgz suffixes, but this little fix will allow you to create .tar.gz.
>
> I did this and the package task worked.
>
If you are trying to avoid cygwin (and its path handling can be a good
reason, depending upon if you are trying to use Win32, rather than
pretend you are on Linux), but still want a functional Win32 tar check
out BsdTar:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bsdtar.htm
Install and make a copy on your path with the name tar, works like a
charm for me.
pth