Thanks for your reply John.
In the old days of UNIX shar files were just borne shell scripts with any
binary in a uuencode include. The script itself was always ascii, thus my
incorrect assumption that this was to be downloaded as ascii.
Indeed downloading as bin fixed things. I have cc'ed this to the list so
anyone reading wont commit the same boo boo.
Thanks
john
On 28-Nov-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Actually, it's a bit more peculiar than that. The sh file is actually
> mostly binary. I'm guessing the sh style distribution is so they can stick
> on the license agreement, probably at sun's behest. In any case, you'll
> have to download it in binary mode, not ascii mode. As far as compression
> is concerned, it appears to be a self extracting zip file. You won't get a
> lot more compression by compressing the sh file (I tried).
>
> It's a peculiar way to distribute binaries, and I personally wouldn't
> expect it to work. Perhaps it doesn't... that would explain all the
> complaints of "Illegal Instruction" out there (myself included).
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> "John N. Alegre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/28/99 02:16:37 PM
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc: (bcc: John Knutson/GISD/SGG/ARLUT)
> Subject: Corrupted JDK-1.2.2
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> 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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