Index: trunk/scripts/makeself/makeself.sh
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--- trunk/scripts/makeself/makeself.sh	(revision 550)
+++ trunk/scripts/makeself/makeself.sh	(revision 556)
@@ -293,5 +293,6 @@
 echo Adding files to archive named \"$archname\"...
 (cd "$archdir"; tar $TAR_ARGS - * | eval "$GZIP_CMD" ) >> "$tmpfile" || { echo Aborting; rm -f "$tmpfile"; exit 1; }
-echo >> "$tmpfile" >&- # try to close the archive
+# The following command seems both superfluous and causing an 'I/O error' message
+# echo >> "$tmpfile" >&- # try to close the archive
 
 fsize=`cat "$tmpfile" | wc -c | tr -d " "`