ut2003 linux_installer.sh fail on extract

[Andrew Couture]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> 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.
> 
LOL, damn your good!!!

Thanks Paul, used Hexedit, changed 'tail +266 to tail -n +266' and it 
worked..Thanks again..