Please verify that you are downloading in BINARY mode. Unlike ftp.debian.org, alpha.gnu.org does not automatically set itself to binary when downloading a binary file.
(Speaking from experience) :) -Brent > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Comech [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 2:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Broken libdb2? > > > Hi, this is to echo this complaint: > > Per Lundberg wrote on Tue, 8 Jun 1999: > > The libdb2 on alpha seems to be broken.. and I can't find it in the > > distribution. It would be nice to have a working 'man' package.. > > dpkg --contents (both under linux and hurd) says > > % dpkg --contents libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 ./ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 usr/ > drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 1999-05-03 16:45 usr/lib/ > -rw-r--r-- root/root 255456 1999-05-03 16:44 > usr/lib/libdb2.so.2.4.14 > tar: Skipping to next file header > dpkg-deb (subprocess): unexpected end of file in member data \ > in libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb > > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error > dpkg-deb: subprocess gzip -dc returned error exit status 1 > > Although there might be intrinsic problems with the package, > it looks that > not the entire thing was uploaded, since I believe I > downloaded the entire > thing (I tried both alpha.gnu.org and > ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/alpha): > > % ls -l libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197955 Jun 11 17:39 > libdb2_2.4.14-1_hurd-i386.deb > > It is not that I hope I'd understand anything about Hurd > after man starts > working, but still... > > Thank you, > andrew > > -- > Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See > http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modems > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
