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From: mbar@netcom.com (Matthew Barker)
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Subject: Re: Unpackable packages
To: mikes@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (michael squires)
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 13:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
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> > Because CD distribution of v2.0 FreeBSD included Seyon but no rz/sz 
> 
> sz/rz is on freebsd.cdrom.com in the the FreeBSD/tools subdirectory, along
> with rawrite, etc.
> 
> > tools, I've taken to downloading to a Macintosh and transferring the 
> > files in that way: all claimed to be corrupted when I invoked 
> 
> I would suggest using Fetch on the Mac and forcing a binary transfer.
> It works for me.
> 
The package files (*.tgz) are getting over to the FreeBSD box with no 
problem, the trouble is once they're there I get an error from pkg_info 
and pkg_add, saying that the files are not in .gzip format.

I transferred the files via ftp (binary mode) from ftp.freebsd.org to my 
Netcom shell account.  There I used 'zip' to pack them in such a way that 
I'd know if there were any translation taking place.  I transferred them 
to the Mac as binary files whose format the Mac claimed not to know.  I 
transferred them via diskette to the FreeBSD box (tried both msdos and 
hfs format diskettes).  Once on the FreeBSD box, I verified the integrity 
of the .zip file - no problem.  I unpacked the .tgz files and tried 
pkg_info AND pkg_add.  Both claimed the files to not be in a valid gzip 
format.

I checked about for rz/sz on the FreeBSD.org ftp site and was unable to 
find it.  On the v2.0 CD distribution, the port is there BUT no distfiles 
entry under ports for rzsz* or *rz*, or any other variant.  No package 
either.

Third difficulty, on building ports/x11, I do a 'make clean', then a 
'make all' from the ports/x11 dir.  Everyhing is just fine until the 
build for olvwm4 starts: it dies at this point, unable to find Xview.tmpl 
and Xview.prog.  

Any help you can render on the above would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Matthew Barker (mbar@netcom.com)