Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:41:40 -0500 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <brandon@dvalentine.com> To: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xscreensaver source server broken Message-ID: <20050425014140.GB23184@brandon.dvalentine.com> In-Reply-To: <20050424152309.V97630@goodwill.io.com> References: <20050424152309.V97630@goodwill.io.com>
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 03:56:29PM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: > It appears to me that the xscreensaver-gnome port is broken in > that the source server (at jwz.org) will not reliably serve the > source file. > > In particular, it serves a truncated file for > xscreensaver-4.21.tar.gz . > > A review of google results for "xscreensaver freebsd truncated" > will show this has been a widespread (some 254 hits) problem > reported to this and other freebsd lists since at least March > 2004 (when the version was 4.15). Attempts to fetch this file > manually via http and ftp fail, with the servers reporting the > correct size for the file, but truncating it after about 17k has > been transfered. Has anyone attempted to contact jwz regarding this issue? Brandon -- Pseudo-Random Googlism: sunshine is to flower what she to me
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