Shouldn't you download it as a binary since its a self container archive?
If you download as ASCII aren't you destroying the nature of the archive?
Just a thought....
-Riyad
"John N. Alegre" wrote:
> Ok, got a problem.
>
> Downloaded 21 megs of jdk-1.2.2-RC2-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh. Downloaded it
> as ASCII from ftp.tux.org.
>
> When I do:
>
> sh jdk-1.2.2-RC2-linux-i386-glibc-2.1.2.sh
>
> I get about 10 screens of licence info and then:
>
> 5. Source Code. Software may contain source code that is provided
> solely for reference purposes pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
>
> Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
> yes
> Unpacking...
> Checksumming...
> 1
> The download file appears to be corrupted. Please refer
> to the Troubleshooting section of the Installation
> Instructions on the download page for more information.
> Please do not attempt to install this archive file.
>
> What gives? Why the shar file anyway? bz2 was ok, gz even better. shar files
> aren't even compressed????
>
> All comments welcome
> john
>
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