piet dierickx wrote: > The problem was indeed a tar file wich wasn't really a tar file, but a html > page. The page was a script asking wich mirror to use for downloading > blah.tar.gz ( http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/ )
You should read some of fink's web pages on the subject of "bindist moved" and on upgrading, for instance http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/upgrade.php. In your situation it is, indeed, better to download the tar.gz file manually, only... > The strange thing was that it happened a couple of times during 'selfupdate' > (but not on all files) . Each time the solution was to get the file manually > and place it in /sw/src , and then run fink selfupdate again. > Derek Homeier wrote: [] >>selfupdate again, or try to download packages-0.4.0.tar.gz manually in >>case there are still problems with the download. ... don't do this. Download packages-0.4.0a.tar.gz instead (note the "a"). Otherwise you will run into the same problem (wrong download addresses) again. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
