On Apr 30, 2009, at 17:10 , Kevin Horton wrote:
> > On 30 Apr 2009, at 19:38, mabshoff wrote: > >> On Apr 30, 3:54 pm, Kevin Horton <khorto...@rogers.com> wrote: >>> sage 3.4.2-rc0 fails to install for me on a unbuntu 8.10 VM, failing >>> with: >> >> <SNIP> >> >>> cp: cannot create regular file `src/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py': No such >>> file or directory >>> Error copying patched ctypes >> >> If I would have to guess the tarball is corrupted. What is the >> md5sum? >> It should be >> >> 7f76a412ed14a32df0e50a8fa6b77e84 sage-3.4.2.rc0.tar > > > Bingo - we have a winner. > > Thanks - I'll download again. > > Stupid question - why does sage use uncompressed tarballs, instead of > something like .tgz. I think a corrupted .tgz couldn't be expanded, > and they would download quicker too. You could try gzipping the tarball (or bgzipping it). I think you'll find that it doesn't help. FWIW, the content of the tarball is largely .spkg files (which are really bgzipped tarballs themselves). HTH Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income -------- When LuteFisk is outlawed, Only outlaws will have LuteFisk -------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
