Upgrade java/icedtea-web from 1.2_2 -> 1.3 fails: "tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale"

[Robert Huff]

David Wolfskill writes:

>  I'm not at all clear what I can or should do in order to avoid the
>  reported error condition:
>  
>  g1-227(8.3-S)[3] portmaster -d java/icedtea-web
>  
>  ===>>> Currently installed version: icedtea-web-1.2.1_1
>  ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/java/icedtea-web
>  
>  ===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
>  
>  ===>>> Launching 'make checksum' for java/icedtea-web in background
>  ===>>> Gathering dependency list for java/icedtea-web from ports
>  ===>>> Initial dependency check complete for java/icedtea-web
>  
>  
>  ===>>> Starting build for java/icedtea-web <<<===
>  
>  ===>>> All dependencies are up to date
>  
>  ===>  Cleaning for icedtea-web-1.3
>  ===>>> Waiting on fetch & checksum for java/icedtea-web <<<===
>  ===>  License GPLv2 accepted by the user
>  ===>  Found saved configuration for icedtea-web-1.2_2
>  => icedtea-web-1.3.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles//.
>  => Attempting to fetch http://icedtea.wildebeest.org/download/source/icedtea-web-1.3.tar.gz
>  icedtea-web-1.3.tar.gz                        
>  
>  ===>  License GPLv2 accepted by the user
>  ===>  Found saved configuration for icedtea-web-1.2_2
>  ===>  Extracting for icedtea-web-1.3
>  => SHA256 Checksum OK for icedtea-web-1.3.tar.gz.
>  
>  IMPORTANT: To build IcedTea-Web 1.3, you have to turn on 'ICEDTEA' option
>  for java/openjdk6 (default).  Otherwise, it will neither build nor work.
>  
>  tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale.
>  tar: Pathname in pax header can't be converted to current locale.
>  tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
>  *** Error code 1

	I am getting exactly the same error.


				Robert Huff