Re: buildworld error: rm: tar: is a directory

> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:23:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz_at_freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: buildworld error: rm: tar: is a directory
> To: eculp_at_encontacto.net
> Cc: current_at_freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200311012023.hA1KNblu039355_at_freefall.freebsd.org>
> 
>>>>>>eculp  writes:
> 
> 
>  > Mensaje citado por Ruslan Ermilov <ru_at_freebsd.org>:
>  > | On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 04:48:42AM -0800, eculp_at_encontacto.net wrote:
>  > | > I'm having problems with current buildworld in gnu now on two different
>  > | > machines in current(today).  The latest is the following:
>  > | >
>  > | > rm: tar: is a directory
>  > | > *** Error code 1
>  > | >
>  > | > Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar.
>  > | > *** Error code 1
>  > | >
>  > | > Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar.
>  > | > *** Error code 1
>  > | >
>  > | > Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin.
>  > | > *** Error code 1
>  > | >
>  > | > I'm begining to wonder if I'm getting a complete checkout with cvsup
>  > | > of the gnu tree.
>  > | >
>  > | ``rm -rf /usr/obj/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar'' and try again.
> 
>  > Ruslan
> 
>  > That didn't seem to work.  I've erased the /usr/obj/usr tree several
>  > times and even gnu but without luck.  After resuping getting the
>  > error doing a rm -rf /usr/obj/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/tar and then
>  > another make buildworld, I continue to get:
> 
> Try 'cvs update -PdA'
> 
> Jean-Marc
> 

Make sure that your cvs supfile has the line "tag=." A week ago I used 
the cvs-supfile from the /usr/share/examples/cvsup folder and had the 
same error.  When I used the standard-supfile from the same file, which 
had the tag=. line, it worked fine.