Alexander Hansen wrote:

> The problem is that sourceforge changed their download sites since the
> last time you selfupdated:  prdownloads now just gives partial files.
> Try doing a selfupdate.
>
> --
> Alexander K. Hansen
> Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
> Levitated Dipole Experiment
> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219
> Cambridge, MA  02139-4213
> Phone:  617-252-1818    Fax:    208-988-4057
>
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Rich Gronostajski wrote:
>
> > For some reason, every time I try to install dlcompat (which is required for a
> > number of packages I'm trying to install) I get the following error messages:
> >
> > Information about 427 packages read in 3 seconds.
> > rm -rf dlcompat-20020413-1
> > mkdir -p /sw/src/dlcompat-20020413-1
> > tar -xzf /sw/src/dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz
> >
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > ### tar failed, exit code 2
> > Unpacking the tarball dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz of package dlcompat-20020413-1
> > failed. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
> > Do you want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] y
> > rm -f /sw/src/dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz
> > curl -f -L -s -S -O
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz
> > tar -xzf /sw/src/dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz
> >
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > ### tar failed, exit code 2
> > Unpacking the tarball dlcompat-20020413.tar.gz of package dlcompat-20020413-1
> > failed. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
> > Do you want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n]
> >
> > It doesn't matter how many times I try to download it, it always fails.  Could the
> > maintainer of dlcompat please investigate.  It appears that dlcompat is in an odd
> > format.  Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Richard M. Gronostajski
> > Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
> > State University of New York at Buffalo
> > 140 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St.
> > Buffalo, NY 14214
> >
> > Phone: 716-829-3471
> > Fax: 716-829-2725
> > Webpage: http://elegans.swmed.edu/Worm_labs/Gronostajski
> >
> >

Thanks, that did it.


--
Richard M. Gronostajski
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry
State University of New York at Buffalo
140 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14214

Phone: 716-829-3471
Fax: 716-829-2725
Webpage: http://elegans.swmed.edu/Worm_labs/Gronostajski

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