A clarifying question:  is the file you've downloaded exactly the same
as that which fink wants, i.e. ast-ksh.2002-09-22.tgz ?

Also, have you informed the package maintainer?

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 13:18, Lukas Wiget wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get the Korn Shell (ksh93) installed on my Mac. However,
> Fink does not find the relevant package (see error message below).
> Following the instructions given in FAQ 3.17, I've downloaded the file
> manually, put it into the /sw/src/ directory and then run Fink with
> 'fink install <bold>packagename</bold>'. 
> 
> The problem with this is that Fink always tries to download the
> package first. How can I stop this, and make Fink start installing the
> package that I have already downloaded?
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Lukas
> 
> 
> ____________________________________________
> 
> 
> <fixed>Reading package info...
> 
> Updating package index... done.
> 
> Information about 1993 packages read in 22 seconds.
> 
> 
> The following package will be installed or updated:
> 
>  ksh93
> 
> curl -f -L -s -S -O
> http://www.research.att.com/~gsf/download/tgz/ast-ksh.2002-09-22.tgz
> 
> curl: (22) The requested file was not found
> 
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 22
> 
> Downloading the file "ast-ksh.2002-09-22.tgz" failed.
> 
> 
> (1)  Give up
> 
> (2)  Retry
> 
> 
> How do you want to proceed? [2] 
> 
> Failed: file download failed for ast-ksh.2002-09-22.tgz of package
> ksh93-20020922-1
> 
> </fixed>
-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Levitated Dipole Experiment
175 Albany Street, NW17-219
Cambridge, MA  02139-4213


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