[JDEV] 0.9 Release Candidate fails to untar in Solaris 2.6

[Michael D. Johnson]

Downloaded the new release twice, got the same error messages. 
Permissions not set inside of tar file to allow creation of new
directories...........




Jeremie wrote:
> 
> The 0.9RC Jabber Server is immediately available at
> http://download.jabber.org/dists/0.9/RC/
> 
> Development has progressed quickly and the following is a summary of the
> important changes since pre3:
> 
>   * etherxd is gone, all of the etherx functionality is now in libetherx
> and starts with the server (you just start jserver)
> 
>   * the 'jabber:' prefix was voted away, and is now no longer used in the
> server. (you can send it, you just won't get it back)
> 
>   * a vcard-temp namespace is included and supported by the server, the
> temporary vCard-XML syntax should be very close to the next official
> proposal, more info at http://protocol.jabber.org/vcard-temp/
> 
>   * agents now contain a <service>type</service> for better identification
> of what services are available programatically.
> 
>   * the irc service now supports the <show/> element in presence, and
> fixes a few roster naming bugs and large message handling
> 
>   * the server will respond to iq:version and iq:time
> 
>   * more rigorous technical and end user documentation is in development,
> keep your eye out for more announcements
> 
> Usernames and hostnames are now checked for invalid characters.
> Hostnames are folded to lowercase by the server and restricted to valid
> dns characters only.  Usernames are limited to 64 characters and cannot
> contain control characters, whitespace, or @:&<>'" characters.  Usernames
> are also compared case insensitively within the server, but the case is
> not changed.
> 
> The build system has had a *complete* overhaul(thanks temas!), and is now
> very flexible and intelligent about managing the various componenets
> within the server.  Please take it for a test run on any *nix platform and
> report any problems.
> 
> *Please* install and test the 0.9RC server, we'll fix any reported
> problems/issues and release the official 0.9 this week.  The plan is to
> concentrate on the libraries, clients, and transports for a group 1.0
> release in the next few weeks.  So if you have any issues or problems with
> the 0.9 server, *let us know* since we are not planning any major
> development on this codebase between 0.9 and 1.0!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jer
> 
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