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Date:      Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:07:51 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
To:        Nils Holland <ncptiddische@compuserve.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PORTS-System and aborted download
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001041607370.48854-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200001041101_MC2-934B-8946@compuserve.com>

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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Nils Holland wrote:

>Hi folks,
>today I wanted to install the LyX frontend to LaTeX using the ports system.
>Since LyX depends on a whole lot of other stuff from which I had not much
>installed, I knew that it was going to be a long download.
>After some time the PORTS system started retrieving the XFORMS library.
>Unluckily, the internet connection crashed while doing so, which stoped the
>whole make process for LyX.
>
>When I try to resume by typing MAKE once more, it does restart where it
>left off, but it tries to unpack the incomplete-downloaded XFORMS package
>and gives me a CHECKSUM error and then quits. My guess is that I need to
>delete the incompletly downloaded file, then do make again and it should
>re-download it and be able to install it. Unluckily, I don't have a clue
>where in the file system tree the PORTS-system has placed the incompletely
>downloaded XFORMS. I searched in /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/xfroms but
>couldn't fine it. So, where's it then?
>
>See ya,
>Nils
>
>
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