ut2003 linux_installer.sh fail on extract

[Paul Howarth]

On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 09:32 -0600, Andrew Couture wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am now looking for some suggestions or recommendations.
> Box is current 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5smp via yum.
> 
> I have install ut2004 using  linux_installer.sh , and it went well.
> 
> I tried install ut2003 using  linux_installer.sh and the error I get
> is ;
> Copying to a temporary location...
> Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+266' for reading: No 
> such file or directory
> Error in checksums: 2228477674 is different from 3043856338
> 
> Copying to a temporary location...
> Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+266' for reading: No 
> such file or directory
> Error in checksums: 3460954289 is different from 3043856338
> 
> Notice the checksums are different on each attempt. I have tried the
> switches 'sh linux_installer.sh --info,--check' and it fails on check.
> I thought the installer was corrupt, recopied it from the install cd
> but the results were the same. Moved the file to a usb stick and tried
> the script on a FC4 box and it worked.
> 
> suggestions?

The script is using old option syntax for "tail", which is no longer
supported in FC5. Try changing "tail +266" in the script to "tail -n
+266", or set the environment variable "_POSIX2_VERSION" before running
the script. See "info tail" for details.

Paul.