That is not a file, the closer.cgi is a script which will try to point to a mirror close to user. I have yet to find a specific reason this happens, but it's few and far between. I use firefox and do not have this issue, FWIW.
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Terry P. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > I tried NOT downloading it and telling Firefox to open it using Firefox, > but it always gives me a 7KB tar.gz file. > > When one hovers over the link, the URL in the status bar shows: > > www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/accumulo/1.4.3/accumulo-1.4.3-dist.tar.gz > > So it looks to me like it's linking directly to a file, no? > > I'll try when I get home but I really want to get my hands on the Red Hat > / CentOS compatible init scripts that I'm hoping are in 1.4.3. > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:38 PM, John Vines <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Those are links to the mirrors list, not files to download themselves. >> There have been a few users who have had their browsers configured to treat >> links that end in tar.gz to download them as a tar.gz when in realize it's >> a link apache mirror redirector. >> >> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Terry P. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi gang, >>> I'm trying to download the 1.4.3 release from: >>> >>> http://accumulo.apache.org/downloads/ >>> >>> But for both the binaries and source downloads the file sizes are only >>> 7.1KB in size and aren't valid .tar.gz files. >>> >>> The various firewalls and security scanners here at work can sometimes >>> make some site links not work properly, but not usually one that looks to >>> be this simple. >>> >>> Could someone -- anyone -- please try to download one of these files to >>> see if it's just my bad luck at work, or whether the site / links actually >>> have an issue? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Terry >>> >> >> >
