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pkg_add fails

Hi,
I have created a package on a 64 bit FreeBSD machine.
when i install this (on another 64 bit FreeBSD machine )i get the following error :

tar: Skipping pathname containing ..
pkg_add: tar extract of /home/vcr/testpackage.tgz failed!
pkg_add: unable to extract '/home/vcr/testpackage.tgz'!

I cant figure out why this is happening.
when i create the same package on a 32 bit machine , it gets installed easily(on a 32 bit machine)
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Himani
 
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