[lsst-dm-stack-users] problem installing sconsUtils on ubuntu 12.04

[Kian-Tat Lim]

Adrian and others,

> $ git archive --format=tar.gz  --remote=git://git.lsstcorp.org/LSST/DMS/devenv/sconsUtils.git f38997df3e51b4d96dede5237c922cb4bf21a4c9 | tar xvzf
> tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.
> Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
> remote: fatal: no such ref: f38997df3e51b4d96dede5237c922cb4bf21a4c9
> remote: git upload-archive: archiver died with error

	Hmm.  There seem to be two problems here:

1) missing "-" at the end for the "f" option to tar.  This is minor.
2) git archive can't find the hash provided.  This seems to be by
design (!): <http://ls.st/o0j>

What I can't figure out is how this ever worked for anyone.  Perhaps
most people are using older gits?

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Kian-Tat Lim, LSST Data Management, ktl at slac.stanford.edu