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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:53:03 -0700
From: Martin Sebor <msebor@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: File truncation Problem Downloading stdcxx-4.2.1.tar.gz
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Steve Petrie wrote:
> I tried your suggestion of using an Apache mirror. I picked:
> 
>    mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca
> 
> and it worked fine -- Firefox 3.0.3 downloaded the file stdcxx-4.2.1.tar.gz
> WITHOUT TRUNCATION.
> 
> The MD5 checksum on the file is correct.
> 
> 7-Zip opened the .gx and the .tar without error, and extracted both without
> error, creating what looks like a valid directory tree with around 48 MB of
> files.
> 
> * * *
> * * *

Good to hear!

> 
> I'm going to try the download again from the Apache web site Downloads page,
> to make sure that the file truncation problem still exists with that site.
> I'll let you know ONLY if the problem DOES NOT exist anymore.
> 
> If the problem still exists, and Apache wants to try to fix the problem on
> the Apache web site, just let me know and I'll be happy to act as tester
> with Firefox 3.0.3 under Windows XP (SP2).

Thanks for the offer.

Martin

> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Martin Sebor-2 wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure what the problem is. No one has reported anything
>> like this and I just downloaded 4.2.1 using Firefox 3.0.2 on
>> Linux without any issues. I don't have access to a Windows
>> machine at the moment but I'll see if I can find one that has
>> Firefox 3.0.3 installed to see if I can reproduce it there.
>> If not, you might want to try to ftp it from one of the Apache
>> mirrors: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi#ftp
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>