{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170/events","html_url":"https://github.com/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170","id":342614653,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzNDI2MTQ2NTM=","number":170,"title":"Following build instructions results in tar error","user":{"login":"brianbienvenu","id":8326175,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjgzMjYxNzU=","avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8326175?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu","html_url":"https://github.com/brianbienvenu","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brianbienvenu/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2018-07-19T07:43:59Z","updated_at":"2018-07-23T12:42:57Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"Greetings from Australia!\r\n\r\nI'm following through the build instructions on the root README.md:\r\nhttps://github.com/SuperDARN/rst/blob/e6e9a1a0427436555dc84eea1e374becf0f59921/README.md\r\n\r\nGot down to 4a - my build is saying:\r\n```\r\nFailed to locate idl_export.h - will not compile IDL libraries or DLMs\r\n```\r\nRunning the suggested fix results in an error:\r\n```\r\n/rst/codebase/superdarn/src.lib/tk# tar -P -czuf idl.tar.gz idl\r\ntar: You may not specify more than one '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or  '--test-label' option\r\nTry 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.\r\n```\r\n\r\nI see it has both the `-c` (create) and `-u` (update) operation modes specified, which is the cause of the error.\r\n\r\nDoes anyone know what this snippet is actually trying to do? Should it be doing the same as `make.code`, with `tar -P -czvf` flags?\r\n\r\nI think I've just misinterpreted the informational message:\r\n```\r\n Failed to locate idl_export.h - will not compile IDL libraries or DLMs\r\n```\r\n\r\nAs the error message referred to in the README:\r\n> If you don't have IDL and the IDL skip in make.code fails, you will see an error upon the inability to locate idl_export.h\r\n\r\nWhereas it actually isn't an error that needs fixing."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/comments/407044780","html_url":"https://github.com/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170#issuecomment-407044780","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/SuperDARN/rst/issues/170","id":407044780,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQwNzA0NDc4MA==","user":{"login":"egthomas","id":1869073,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjE4NjkwNzM=","avatar_url":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1869073?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas","html_url":"https://github.com/egthomas","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/egthomas/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-07-23T12:42:57Z","updated_at":"2018-07-23T12:42:57Z","author_association":"MEMBER","body":"Hi Brian - I think you're right that the readme instructions should say `tar -P -czvf` instead of `tar -P -czuf`.  It is possible that was a typo no one else caught."}}
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