>> Hi there,
>>
>> I got many error messages on FC5 fully updated trying to compile tar
>> packages using "rpmbuild -ta tar_package.tar.gz" command.

>This is already filed:
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206841

thank you...

>> I solved this problem adding "-" before tar options and "--wildcards"v
>> to tar command in build.c file. (see attached patch).
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> --- rpm-4.4.2/build.c.orig    2006-09-29 09:17: 25.000000000 -0300
>> +++ rpm-4.4.2/build.c 2006-09-29 09:18:01.000000000 -0300
>> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
>>       (void) isCompressed(arg, &res);
>>
>>       cmd = alloca(strlen(arg) + 50 + strlen(tmpSpecFile));
>> -     sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar xOvf - Specfile 2>&1 > %s",
>> +     sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar -xOvf - Specfile 2>&1 > %s",
>>                       zcmds[res & 0x3], arg, tmpSpecFile);
>>       if (!(fp = popen(cmd, "r"))) {
>>           rpmError(RPMERR_POPEN, _("Failed to open tar pipe: %m\n"));
>> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
>>           /* Try again */
>>           (void) pclose(fp);
>>
>> -         sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar xOvf - \\*.spec 2>&1 > %s",
>> +         sprintf(cmd, "%s < %s | tar --wildcards -xOvf - \\*.spec 2>&1 > %s",
>>                   zcmds[res & 0x3], arg, tmpSpecFile);
>>           if (!(fp = popen(cmd, "r"))) {
>>               rpmError(RPMERR_POPEN, _("Failed to open tar pipe: %m\n"));
>>

>Posting this patch to bugzilla would highly appreciated, I think.
>
>Mamoru Tasaka

Patch and info posted!

Thank you!
Márcio Oliveira