Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 16:25:37 GMT From: Matt Wimer <matt@cgibuilder.com> To: Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> Cc: Matt Wimer <matt@cgibuilder.com>, www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Message-ID: <199709281625.QAA16098@thunder.cgibuilder.com> In-Reply-To: <l03102800b0540a6e7109@[194.45.188.81]> References: <199709280238.CAA14495@thunder.cgibuilder.com> <l03102800b0540a6e7109@[194.45.188.81]>
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Stefan Bethke writes: > At 4:38 Uhr +0200 28.09.1997, Matt Wimer wrote: > >The gifmerge.tar.gz under ports/graphics is not actually a .gz even > >though it is named as one. > >just making sure you know. > > > >here is the url to the refering page: > >http://www.freebsd.org/ports/graphics.html > > > >and here is the url to the offending file: > >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/ports/graphics/gifmerge.tar.g > >z > > What else then? If you look closely on the server, you'll find that there's > only a directory 'gifmerge'. However, wu-ftpd is smart enought to tar and > gzip the directory contents if you request 'gifmerge.tar.gz'. > > If tar/gzip moan about a broken file, make sure you download it as binary. The download worked, but the file was in tar format but not gz fromat. I might have been high, but i didn't need tar zxf the file, just tar xf. No big deal. > Hope this helps, > Stefan
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