Didn't he download his packages on a win machine ? On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 04:59:51PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > > On Thu, 08 Feb 2001, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > I'd blame tar or the MIPS port, but that he reproduced on i386 completely > > > baffles me... > > > > > See http://bugs.debian.org/84829 > > > > Well, IMHO, if the md5sums are OK in his side as the bug report states, and > > tar still fails to unpack, he must have somehow managed to install a screwed > > up tar or gzip (or md5sum) in both of his boxes; > > That's what I thought, but tar or gzip screwed up the same way on both boxes? > > > Either that or md5sum is doing something REALLY stupid (or his mirror has a > > corrupted file that matches the md5sum of the good one -- kinda unprobable). > > Extremely improbable. md5sum is designed to make it effectively impossible, > which > is why signatures can be trusted. > > > The assumptions above assume that he can unpack and build debs of other > > packages just fine. > > He never gave a straight answer on this, but I believe this is the case. > > If nobody can duplicate his problem, I'll assume it's a local thing and close. > > Thanks, > > -Adam P. > > GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 > > Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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