I am trying to install xforms for use with lyx.  For some reason fink cannot
download/unpack the xforms package.  Was able to get it to work by
downloading the tar file to /sw/src and then running "fink install xforms"
as usual.  

Here is a sample run of the failing fink command:

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sudo /sw/bin/fink install xforms
Password:
Reading package info...
Information about 427 packages read in 3 seconds.
rm -rf xforms-0.89-2
mkdir -p /sw/src/xforms-0.89-2
tar -xzf /sw/src/xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.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 xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz of package
xforms-0.89-2 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] 
rm -f /sw/src/xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz
wget --non-verbose --passive-ftp
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz
14:29:54 
URL:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz
[8667] -> "xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz" [1]
tar -xzf /sw/src/xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.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 xforms-0.89-macosx-repack.tar.gz of package
xforms-0.89-2 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

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I no longer need support however it would be nice to have the problem fixed
for other users.


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