I don't know when it started working. I have updated to OS X Lion in the last couple of months.
You may be able to use the Web Inspector to see what's going on. On 05/12/2011, at 3:04 PM, Ronald Petty wrote: > Stephen, > > Based on your feedback, I checked and saw I was running 5.1.1. I updated > it and tried 5.1.2. It failed in exactly the same way. > > I thought it was strange gunzip worked, or didn't show any errors. The tar > is corrupted and much smaller. So I renamed it, it turns out that Safari > is downloading the mirror page named as a tar.gz file (the links I sent > earlier). It seems to be a known issue: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1235116/safari-and-gzip > > I am curious how it works for you. Did you happen to change some kind of > mime-type registration? > > Kindest regards. > > Ron > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Stephen Coy <st...@resolvesw.com> wrote: > >> I very nearly wrote a response to this saying that .tar.gz links haven't >> worked for a long time. >> >> I too am a Safari user. >> >> However, I went to double check and it now works for me with Safari 5.1.2 >> (new as of last week). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Steve C >> >> >> On 05/12/2011, at 2:01 PM, Ronald Petty wrote: >> >>> Barrie, >>> >>> After some more testing it must be my misunderstanding. I tried the >> links >>> below in FireFox and they worked (aka. they redirected me to a page >> listing >>> mirrors.) For some reason my Safari installation is not, but only on the >>> tar.gz links, the .zip links go to the mirror listings. >>> >>> It must be something with my Safari browser. Sorry about the false >> alarm. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Ronald Petty <ronald.pe...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Olivier, >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for the extended delay, I lost my connection for almost 24 hours. >>>>> Here are the links and they still appear to be broken. >>>>> >>>>> On this page: http://maven.apache.org/download.html >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-3.0.3-src.tar.gz >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.tar.gz >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-2.2.1-src.tar.gz >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.0.11-bin.tar.gz >>>>> - >>>>> >>>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-2.0.11-src.tar.gz >>>>> >>>>> Here is what I see when I download any of them: >>>>> $ gunzip apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz >>>>> $ tar tvf apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar >>>>> tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format >>>>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone else confirm the same or similar issue? >>>> >>>> Ron, >>>> Olivier asked you to paste the link that the closer.cgi page returns. >>>> >>>> For example, when I click on the links you posted above, the actual >>>> download URL becomes: >>>> >>>> >> http://apache.mirror.aussiehq.net.au//maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz >>>> >>>> Without that information its impossible to tell which mirror may be >> broken. >>>> >>>> I'm surprised that gunzip worked but tar is then giving you an error. >>>> Which version of tar are you using? >>>> Give GNU tar a go to make sure you dont have bugs in your local >>>> installed version of tar. >>>> Additionally you might want to open up apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar >>>> or .gz in vi to verify its a binary file and not a 404 html page in >>>> disguise. >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >>>> >>>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
