using bzip on the xfree86 files

[Terrence Brannon]

Yes! I did use the Netscape browser to d/l them! Gosh!
I didnt think this would (nor should it) make a
difference. But I will try for ftp in this proxy-ed up
over-protective environment I'm in.

--- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Terrence Brannon <princepawn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > bzip -d filename.tar.bz has always worked for me.
> But
> > with the xfree86 archives, they have a .bz2
> extension
> > but it appears that bzip and bzip2 are the same
> > program, sothis should not pose a problem.
> > 
> > However, when I attempt to bunzip the archive I
> > receive  
> > a data integrity error when decompressing.
> > 
> > Could anyone suggest why this might be?
> > 
> 
> Did you use the Netscape Browser to download this
> file?  Use ftp instead.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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