Linux Netscape just noew did the same D**m thing. :

--a---    1,021,462  11-29-02   7:04p  c:\1recv\linux_ns\ara171ue.exe
(ns saved it with .exe extension and did not suggest .exe.gz or .gz)

compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
  1021462   1039025   1.6% ara171ue.exe
(same listing of contents as from Lynx)


--a---    1,039,025  11-29-02   7:04p  c:\1recv\linux_ns\ara171ue.exe
(same "now usable" result after first renameing as ara171ue.gz,
 `gzip -d ara171ue.gz' and the renaming ara171ue.no_ext to ara171ue.exe)

Again IMNSHO,

Linux NS did it all wrong. :((((

The content-type being sent from Angelfire is "application/msdownload"

I don't know wheather it's my client that's doing it or perhaps
the Angelfire server does it when it detects a Linux or Linux_style
client that's doing the D/L.
(Dos_Lynx is after-all a Dos port of the Linux browser)

But whichever the case may be... what we end-up-with is a Gzipped .EXE
which must then be Gunzipped and renamed. :((((
_____________


On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:57:25 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> As I stated in my last message.

> And as Eric has now confirmed.

> The correct size of the file is 1,039,025 bytes.

> That's why I put the `exact' size on the download page.
> (not just an approximation of the size)

> This lets you know that if the file you got is less than that size.
> The download is incomplete and you must do it again.

> BRB
> ___

> There... I found the problem.

> I just did the D/L using Lynx.

> It downloaded and saved the file as ara171ue.exe.gz (1,21,462 bytes)

> This means that to make it usable I will now need to Gunzip
> it to ara171ue.exe

> BRB
> ___

> --a---    1,039,025  11-29-02   6:23p  c:\1recv\ara171ue.exe
> (this the one I just D/Led with Arachne v1.71

> --a---    1,021,462  11-29-02   6:41p  c:\1recv\lynx\ara171ue.gz
> (and this is the one I just D/Led with lynx)

> method  crc     date  time  compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
> defla e0254538 Nov 29 18:41   1021462   1039025   1.6% ara171ue
> (the listing of the contents of the .GZ)

> --a---    1,039,025  11-29-02   6:41p  c:\1recv\lynx\ara171ue.exe
> (and finally after running
> `gzip -d ara171ue.gz' and then renameing ara171ue.no_ext to ara171ue.exe)

> There... now it's usable.

> IMNSHO,

> Lynx is doing it all wrong. :((((

> _________________________________________

> On Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:36:14 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric S.
> Emerson) wrote:

>> Hi Roger, Glenn, Gregor, et all,
>>  I have been using 171ue.exe to install Arachne on
>> my Gateway 2000 486/586 upgrade and I have had no trouble
>> installing it on a RAM drive. My copy is the correct size,
>> 1,039,??? , however.

>> Eric

>> Roger Turk wrote:

>>> Glenn,

>>> There may be something wrong with the self-extracting version of Arachne
>>> 1.71ue as a message was posted to CompuServe's Internet Resource DOS
>>> (InetReso) forum with the same complaint that Gregor had.

>>> Roger Turk

>>> Messages posted on Compuserve:

>>> Tibor Mocsar wrote:

>>> . >  #: 120277 S4/DOS Internet Topics  [INETRESO]
>>> . >      24-Nov-02  13:54:10
>>> . >  Sb: New Arachne version
>>> . >  Fm: Tibor Mocsar 113013,1411
>>> . >  To: ALL

>>> . > http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ara171ue01.htm

>>> . > I was not able to install it, I think the archive can be decompressed
>>> . > with Windows only

>>> and,

>>> . >  #: 120282 S4/DOS Internet Topics  [INETRESO]
>>> . >      27-Nov-02  13:18:04
>>> . >  Sb: #120278-New Arachne version
>>> . >  Fm: Tibor Mocsar 113013,1411
>>> . >  To: Roger Turk 73527,1356

>>> . > <<Which version of Arachne did you download from Glenn's site, the ZIPped
>>> . > version or the self-installing version?  If you downloaded the ZIPped
>>> . > version, did you unZIP it first and did you unZIP it with the "-d"
>>> . > option?>>

>>> . > First I downloaded the self-extracting version, which did not work:
>>> . > archive.exe is too big, you get a "not enough memory" error. It usually
>>> . > happens if someone creates a self-extracting archive in a DOS-box in
>>> . > Windows. Then I downoaded the zip archive and so I could install Arachne.
>>> . > Well, I don't see any significant improvement compared with the previous
>>> . > release.

>>> . > Tibor Mocsar

> --
> Glenn
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