title: Untar a file on Solaris reports - tar: directory checksum error
body: <p>Hi I am trying to untar a compressed file on a Solaris server. I run the command </p>
  
  <pre><code>tar xvf 4.56_release.tar.gz
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this reports the following error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>tar: directory checksum error</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Initially I thought it was a bad download so I re-downloaded the file (actually a different version) and it reports the same error. 
  Un-compressing and un-tar'ing it on Linux on a Linux server works fine. </p>
  
  <p>Any ideas what I am doing wrong.</p>