-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Kenneth,
I agree the issue is sensitive to the client platform and/or browser but that's insufficient to prove it's a client side issue only. I have evidence pointing towards a server side issue: 1. The download behavior is inconsistent between file areas on the CVS Home site i.e. downloading a "*.tar.gz" from the source area works differently than a "*.gz" from a binary file area such as Solaris i386 or Mac OS X. The difference with Window 2000 and Internet Explorer 6 is source files arrive compressed and binary files are uncompressed. The same issue appears to occur with Windows 2000 and Netscape 4.8 with the exception the file is larger than the expected uncompressed size. I've verified with Internet Explorer 6 binary files are compressed and compare exactly with my reference copy. I didn't compare Netscape 4.8 download because my compare tool stops on a file size difference. I've carefully check my platform and browser setting to make sure they don't attempt to uncompress the file and that seems to be true as follows: 2. The "odd" download behavior I experience only occurs on the CVS Home site as I get "normal" behavior with "*.gz" files when downloading Tomcat 4.1.31 from Apache Jakarta project. 3. Both Safari and Internet Explorer 5 on Apple Mac OS X can download correctly sized binary files from affected file areas whose MD5 hash agrees with expected values as this is the platform and/or browser sensitive difference but this isn't the only discrepancy. 4. Both Safari and Internet Explorer 5 on Apple Mac OS X can download correctly sized SOURCE files and signature "*.sig" file whose PGP signature is verifiable from the https://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=0 file area. This behavior is consistent with Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 6 combination. 5. Neither Safari nor Internet Explorer 5 on Apple Mac OS X can download a PGP signature "*.sig" file from affected binary file areas. Safari reports "bad server response" error message. Internet Explorer 5 fails to save the file opting to displays the contents in a browser window. Area https://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=92 demonstrates this failure. The failure to download "*.sig" files is consistent with Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 6 combination. 6. The inconsistent behavior when downloading "*.sig" files between the source and binary areas occurs across ALL of the following: Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6 Windows 2000 Netscape 4.8 Mac OS X Internet Explorer 5 Mac OS X Safari 1.2.4 7. At a minimum the Java servlet sending "*.sig" files from the binary file areas is behaving poorly enough to cause the Safari browser to report "bad server response" error. I would appreciate hearing your Engineering team is taking a a second look to focus on these questions: A. Why do "*.gz" files from the source area arrive compressed when using Windows 2000 with Internet Explorer 6 and "*.gz" files from the binary area arrive uncompressed? B. Why do "*.sig" files from the source area download correctly and "*.sig" files from the binary file areas fail to download? Best regards, Conrad > -----Original Message----- > From: Kenneth Schwartzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 15:14 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: re cvs home email > > Conrad: > > Here's the latest info I have from the engineers. > > <snip> > [Eng] correctly pointed out that this is a browser issue--if you > download the file (at least the MacOSX binary) and compare it with its > respective > checksum here: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2005-01/msg00260.html > > The checksum matches. > > I'm guessing this isn't an issue after all. > </snip> > > Thanks, > Kenneth > > ........................................ > Kenneth Schwartzman > Technical Support Engineer > CollabNet > 650.228.2568 ........................................ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBQfdlP7NM28ubzTo9EQKIyACg+Ys3pGNkBkaFB9d7SeOt3dFxaS4An3+S RmAYh/1vlatlR5vmi5ba7unZ =g+Wm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
