Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:11:27 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GCC-4.6-20120608 has a corrupt archive or a bad checksum Message-ID: <4FD7783F.9060508@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1206121859090.3158@gerinyyl.fvgr> References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1206121859090.3158@gerinyyl.fvgr>
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On 6/12/12 7:04 PM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > John Merryweather Cooper wrote: >> Bad distfile or checksum for lang/gcc46 > > The mirror you are using per your e-mail -- > ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/sources.redhat.com/ > -- provides a broken image. > > I have done several downloads myself, from the original source > and other mirrors, and always get the correct checksum (and a > matching tarball), that is, the one matching gcc46/distinfo in > FreeBSD Ports CVS. > > If you download directly from > ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/snapshots/4.6-20120608/gcc-4.6-20120608.tar.bz2 > and put that into ports/distfiles, that should work? Alternatively, > download repeatedly until it hits a different mirror? > > Gerald > Now, call my paranoid but shouldn't he warn the mirror's operator ? Could be a bad transfer from the main site to the mirror , could be a hijacked source.
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