From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from dog.com (tex.dogsaver.net [216.155.44.2]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71A7AC5EA for ; Mon, 13 May 2002 18:55:12 -0500 (CDT) X-WM-Posted-At: dog.com; Mon, 13 May 02 19:54:59 -0400 X-WebMail-UserID: sanity Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:54:59 -0400 From: Sanity in Anarchy To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00002170 Message-ID: <3CE0C18A@dog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: WebMail (Hydra) SMTP v3.61.05 Subject: [gentoo-dev] ibiblio mirror just failed me Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 7496758c-cf07-4a2f-9448-9eaa4623a33f X-Archives-Hash: e6ecf6afe59d6f68b0008860fbeb2ace It seemed simple -- a quick 'emerge abiword', then to get on with writing my book. But now, I have spent approximately half an hour dealing with this absurdity. Turns out ibiblio has replaced the source for pspell with a friendly page asking me what my preferred mirror is, and redirecting me to the _real_ file. This is totally unacceptable. Linx thinks it's a gzipped tarball, because of its extension -- and who can blame it? -- and attempts to download it. After saving the file and, on a hunch, renaming it to .html, Lynx finally reads it -- but emerge still barfs, not even checking what type of file it is before doing the md5sum -- and who can blame it? Nevertheless, this must be fixed. There are two ways of fixing it -- bother ibiblio until they get rid of their nice, friendly page, or replace every reference to every file this has affected with a reference to the real file. It seems obvious which one to do, but as my XWindows is down, I have been browsing with Lynx. Their contact page is extremely unhelpful with Lynx, helpful as it might (emphasis on 'might') be later. They're your mirror, so I suggest you complain to them. Until then, it's back to Windows -- and a precompiled Windows binary. ____________________________________________________________ woof! woof! I'm @dog.com Get your free @dog e-mail at http://www.dog.com