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RE: 4.1.0 Install Error: Corrupt extract_exe.bz2
- To: "Bruce Olsen" <Bruce dot Olsen at oracle dot com>, <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: 4.1.0 Install Error: Corrupt extract_exe.bz2
- From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 15:00:41 -0400
Bruce,
Well, something must be going on because the name of the file is
extract.exe.bz2, not extract_exe.bz2.
I don't know what to tell you about that... try a different mirror.
Harold
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Olsen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:40 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Cc: Bruce Olsen
> Subject: 4.1.0 Install Error: Corrupt extract_exe.bz2
>
>
> I'm using Win95 and am trying to install Cygwin/XFree86. bunzip2 thinks
> extract_exe.bz2 is corrupt:
>
> <snip>
> $ bunzip2 extract_exe.bz2
> bunzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing.
> Input file = extract_exe.bz2, output file = extract_exe
> It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
> You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.
> <snip>
>
> After searching the entire cygwin-xfree archive it seems there is some
> knowledge of this problem but I couldn't find a solution described
> anywhere.
>
> Note: I used Netscape 4.7 (my company has a firewall precluding direct
> FTP) and was careful to right-click to save each file. I tried using IE
> 5.5 to access the mirrors but it seems unable to access any of them
> through our firewall--the browser seems to hang when I access FTP sites
> outside our firewall (browsing outside the firewall works fine--I use IE
> all the time).
>
> If Netscape is incapable of downloading extract_exe.bz2, I'd appreciate
> suggestions on configuring IE to fix the FTP protocol timeouts.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Bruce
>
> P.S. I note that the file documented as extract.exe.bz2 in the User's
> Guide is actually named extract_exe.bz2 in /tmp
>
>