id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
8583,tar attempts to change ownership to invalid uid.,akf@…,,"When running as root, untaring the boost package using gentoo prefix on Interix v3.5 for Windows XP fails with:

     ''Cannot change ownership to uid 501, gid 0: Invalid argument''

This is solved by running tar with flags: 

    ""--user root --no-same-owner""

This issue is unique to boost .tar.gz files and blocks any installation by gentoo emerge.

More information found here:
[http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-959612-highlight-.html]",Bugs,new,To Be Determined,Building Boost,Boost 1.52.0,Problem,,,