Berkeley DB XML Reference Guide: Architecture independent FAQ

I cannot un-tar the Berkeley DB XML product archive.
The Berkeley DB XML archive includes some paths that are longer than some tar programs can handle (e.g. AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris). In general, the required files are unpacked, and the limitation will not be noticed. The files in question are not in the main product, and will not affect the build and installation.

If there is an error during tar, or a file name appears to have been truncated, you can either install and use a different tar program, such as GNU tar or use the Windows distribution (a .zip archive). If you have another machine on your network that has GNU tar, you can use that machine to do the work, via NFS.
The "make" step fails when building the Xerces library.
Berkeley DB XML requires the use of GNU make (gmake) in order to compile all dependent libraries. If the default make program is not GNU make, you can specify a different program as follows:
```
sh buildall.sh -m <path_to_gnu_make> ...
```