I'm wondering if it's an older version of Firefox that's related. But like I said, you're weren't the first though it is a bit rare.
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Terry P. <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John, I'll have to download 1.4.3 at home then. Weird that it's > doing it in both Firefox and Internet Exploder -- work won't let me install > Chrome :-( > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:50 PM, John Vines <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
