Date: 18 Sep 2003 19:47:13 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghostscript-gnu distfile checksum error - WORKAROUND (was: Stop error installing /usr/ports/mail/evolution) Message-ID: <44r82dbqwu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <247FA9B2-E985-11D7-B652-000A95A0485E@allthingscomputed.com> References: <247FA9B2-E985-11D7-B652-000A95A0485E@allthingscomputed.com>
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"Barry C. Hawkins" <ly5t5@allthingscomputed.com> writes: > Thanks for the responses guys. It's odd to me that such a small file > would have failed to download properly when so many others were > downloaded during the same process without issue. I will chalk this > one up to experience and (hopefully ;^) ) remember it for the future. I don't think the file had problems downloading; I think you just had an old copy. The filename has no version information built in, so when they change it, the new version has the same name, but a different checksum.
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