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eggert@twinsun.COM (Paul Eggert) writes:

>drl@jester.ai.mit.EDU (David R. Linn) writes:

>>Has anyone else gotten "tar: impossible file type" messages when trying to
>>read the table of contents of prep:/pub/gnu/gcc-solaris-2.3.3.tar.z? 

>That problem occurs because GNU tar 1.11.1 creates tar images that
>Solaris 2 tar can't read.  Perhaps the people who create gcc-solaris-*.tar
>could be talked into using Solaris 2 tar instead (or fixing GNU tar);
>that will simplify bootstrapping.

So how is one to install the gcc binaries if you:

	- only have a Solaris 2.x machine
	- don't have a C compiler

You need to have to executables to perform this feat:

	- GNU tar
	- gzip

Neither can easily be obtained as a Solaris binary.

So what use is prep:/pub/gnu/gcc-solaris-2.3.3.tar.z?

Casper