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