Re: Code .gz

From: Matt Houston (chrono@S-LINK.DE)
Date: 10/03/97


-----Original Message-----
From: George <greerga@DRAGON.HAM.MUOHIO.EDU>
To: CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA <CIRCLE@POST.QUEENSU.CA>
Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 1:20 AM
Subject:  Code .gz


>Due to the large number of corruption reports, I decided to check the
>files.  What I found wasn't suprising.  gzip -t (test) reported no problems
>on any files.  I downloaded it from Dragon.ham.muohio.edu (Linux 2.1.36,
>Lynx 2.7.1) without trouble.  I grabbed it from Entropy.muc.muohio.edu (off
>campus, Linux 2.0.30, Lynx 2.7.1) fine.  And I even got it from
>Phoenix.sas.muohio.edu (RS/6000 model 340, AIX 3.2.5, Lynx 2.3.7beta) ok.
>In all cases, the files passed CRC checks from gzip (1.2.4 on all).
>
>Which leads me to the conclusion that either A) one of the three T1's out
>of Miami is possessed or B) user error en masse.  So if anyone gets a
>corrupted .gz file, send it to me and I'll look at it.
>

C) Userend client could be the problem..  I DLed with Netscape Communicator
and the files WERE corrupted.  Then i did with Internet Explorer, and it
worked fine.   So be ware netscape users!

Matt


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