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Merged add of solaris tar topic to FAQ.txt

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Installing Zope
1. I am trying to build Zope on my BSD based system, but I
1. On certain Unix platforms (usually Solaris) I get a "checksum
error" untarring the Zope distribution. Whats the deal?
Zope is built and distributed using GNU tar. Some vendor-supplied
tar implementations have problems with long path names as they
appear in GNU tar created files. This is a problem that occurs in
a number of software distributions created using GNU tar, not just
Zope. We suggest that you install a GNU tar on your system to
avoid this problem (not just with Zope, but with other software
distributions as well).
2. I am trying to build Zope on my BSD based system, but I
keep getting "symbol not found" errors and the build
scripts stop. What do I do?
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changing the line: do('make') to: do('make -k').
2. I am having trouble building Zope on a libc 5 Linux machine.
3. I am having trouble building Zope on a libc 5 Linux machine.
Zope requires Python be built with glibc 2.x (libc 6) on Linux.
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