Check the size of the file:

[ldx3:/sw/src] hansen% ls -l w3c*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     unknown   1956340 Dec 20  2000 
w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz

if it's some ridiculously small number, then you probably need to update your 
package descriptions because fink's download URLS have changed--what you 
would have is actually an HTML file directing you to the proper download 
mirror.

On Thursday 01 August 2002 20:40, chip brock wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm trying to install latex2html into my OSX10.1.5 system, but the
> installation stops with:
>
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2
> failed. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete
> download.
> Do you want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] y
>
> The reply of 'yes' repeats the error. Any ideas? The entire transcript of
> this transaction is below my signature script.
>
> thanks,
> Ray Brock
>
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>- transcript:
>
>
> sudo /sw/bin/fink install latex2html
> Password:
> Reading package info...
> Information about 427 packages read in 2 seconds.
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  tetex-base: TeTeX is an implementation of TeX for UNIX
> (2)  system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX
>
> Pick one: [1] 1
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  ghostscript: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v7.02
> (2)  ghostscript6: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF, v6.01 (used with
> teTeX)
>
> Pick one: [1] 2
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  tetex-texmf: Main texmf tree for a teTeX installation
> (2)  system-tetex: Placeholder package for manually installed teTeX
>
> Pick one: [1] 1
>
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
>
> (1)  system-xfree86: Placeholder package for manually installed XFree86
> (2)  system-xtools: Placeholder package for manually installed Xtools
> (3)  xfree86-base: XFree86 libraries, utilities, clients and data.
>
> Pick one: [1] 3
> The following 18 additional packages will be installed:
>  ghostscript-fonts ghostscript6 libjpeg libjpeg-bin libpng libpng-shlibs
>  libtiff libtiff-bin libtiff-shlibs libwww netpbm netpbm-bin netpbm-shlibs
>  tetex-base tetex-texmf type1inst xfree86-base zlib
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
> dpkg -i
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/graphics/libjpeg-bin_6b-5_
>d arwin-powerpc.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package libjpeg-bin.
> (Reading database ... 3470 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libjpeg-bin (from .../libjpeg-bin_6b-5_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> Setting up libjpeg-bin (6b-5) ...
> rm -rf libwww-5.3.2-2
> mkdir -p /sw/src/libwww-5.3.2-2
> tar -xzf /sw/src/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2
> failed. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete
> download.
> Do you want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] y
> rm -f /sw/src/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz
> curl -f -L -s -S -O
> http://www.w3c.org/Library/Distribution/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz
> tar -xzf /sw/src/w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2
> failed. The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete
> download.
> Do you want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] n
> Failed: unpacking tarball w3c-libwww-5.3.2.tar.gz of package libwww-5.3.2-2
> failed
> [localhost:~] brock%
>
>
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