I think that's the same tarball as wget fetched for you ...

It is exactly the same file as identified by the md5sum.

more likely something that your gunzip or tar is doing.

It seems to be something to do with the version of the tar used by the distribution builder that is incompatible with older versions of tar when it comes to untarring.

As I've now discovered ptar -- it successfully unpacks the very same file that gave me troubles -- and that it is installed with Perl, I'll use that in future. Indeed, I've renamed tar.exe to tar.exe.old and copied ptar.bat to tar.cmd so that if I should forget, I won't have to spend hours working out which files and directories I need to delete as I did this time.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

In reply to Re^7: Clean smoke-test install for Inline based modules using Inline::MakeMaker by BrowserUk
in thread Clean smoke-test install for Inline based modules using Inline::MakeMaker by davido

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