AIX Open Source

We are looking to recompile a tool that uses expat.  We expect to compile from source, so I downloaded the expat SRPM file from the AIX OpenSoource Toolkit.  I am having difficulty in extracting the source file(s) though.  

$ rpm2cpio expat-2.6.2-1.src.rpm | /usr/bin/cpio -idmv

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, I tried to extract the package into a ".cpio" file, and that succeeded, but subsequently using cpio to extract the source files still fails.

$ cpio -id <expat-2.6.2-1.src.cpio

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, what do I do now?  I think I need to get a new updated "cpio", but I don't know where to look to find one to install.  It is not available within the "toolkit".

Sincerely,

Chuck

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Chuck Moore
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cpio is available in AIX Toolbox --> https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/cpio/cpio-2.15-1.aix7.1.ppc.rpm 
After installing it, use "rpm2cpio expat-2.6.2-1.src.rpm | /opt/freeware/bin/cpio -idmv" to extract it. 

We are looking to recompile a tool that uses expat.  We expect to compile from source, so I downloaded the expat SRPM file from the AIX OpenSoource Toolkit.  I am having difficulty in extracting the source file(s) though.  

$ rpm2cpio expat-2.6.2-1.src.rpm | /usr/bin/cpio -idmv

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, I tried to extract the package into a ".cpio" file, and that succeeded, but subsequently using cpio to extract the source files still fails.

$ cpio -id <expat-2.6.2-1.src.cpio

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, what do I do now?  I think I need to get a new updated "cpio", but I don't know where to look to find one to install.  It is not available within the "toolkit".

Sincerely,

Chuck

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Chuck Moore
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We are looking to recompile a tool that uses expat.  We expect to compile from source, so I downloaded the expat SRPM file from the AIX OpenSoource Toolkit.  I am having difficulty in extracting the source file(s) though.  

$ rpm2cpio expat-2.6.2-1.src.rpm | /usr/bin/cpio -idmv

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, I tried to extract the package into a ".cpio" file, and that succeeded, but subsequently using cpio to extract the source files still fails.

$ cpio -id <expat-2.6.2-1.src.cpio

Out of phase!
cpio attempting to continue...
skipping 24032 bytes to get back in phase!
 One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt

Length of file name doesn't match expected length.

So, what do I do now?  I think I need to get a new updated "cpio", but I don't know where to look to find one to install.  It is not available within the "toolkit".

Sincerely,

Chuck

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Chuck Moore
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