This is also a problem on Solaris; this has been known for quite a while (noted in http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html), but such mention doesn't include any other Unix using a non-GNU tar, though doc/FAQ.txt (in Zope distributions) question #1 addresses this a bit more generally. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Edward Kovarski [mailto:edward@kovarski.org] Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 8:20 PM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Fyi: Zope 2.6.1 on HP-UX 11.0/11.11 Requires GNU tar Hi... You may want to update the Installation Instructions to reflect that HP-UX v11.00 or 11.11 (11i) also require the use of GNU tar for Zope. The bundled tar under HP-UX imposes a pathname limitation of about 100 chars however it does /not/ complain when encountering a long pathname. It merely cuts the pathname to the maximum and happily proceeds which causes a lot of headaches when trying to get it going. /e