Re: [MacPerl-Modules] new cpan and Unicode-Map8-0.06-bin-1-Mac.tgz

[Arved Sandstrom <Arved_37@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Chris Nandor wrote:

> At 18.33 +0000 1999.07.20,  Georg Bauer wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >There is a problem with this file. When unpacking or installing, I get
> >massive errors in Tar.pm. The output is attached (only part of it, this
> >goes on and on until a "out of memory" happens - and I have my allocation
> >on 40MB). Anyone any idea what happens?
> >
> >bye, Georg
> >
> ># Argument "" isn't numeric in eq.
> >File 'Sonstiges:Development:MacPerl ü:site_perl:Archive:Tar.pm'; Line 567
> ># Argument "" isn't numeric in eq.
> >File 'Sonstiges:Development:MacPerl ü:site_perl:Archive:Tar.pm'; Line 567
> 
> No, this appears to be a problem in the tar file.  Arved, how did you build
> it?  The TYPE field in the tar file appears to be empty.  There is just a
> null where there should be a 0 (to denote that it is a file).
> 
Since it's a .tgz extension, 'targzipme'.

This has me confused. I remember downloading the module months ago to
check it (something I do as a matter of course), and it was OK. And you'll
note on CPAN Testers that Larry checked it out, too. ???

Speaking of which, I uploaded XML-Parser-2.26 a few days ago, I KNOW I
used binary mode (because it's in the Perl FTP script I used), but it's
corrupted also. Or appears to be.

I wish I knew what was going on. :-) Right now I have no confidence that a
distribution which unzips on my machine will do so once it's been
uploaded, even if I know for certain that I uploaded in binary. Sounds
impossible, but...

Is it possible that the .tgz extension is allowing some app in the chain
someplace to f**k stuff up? I use the profanity advisedly, as .tgz is
Windows, and I've been having enough problems with that OS over the past
few weeks not to feel very charitable about it. :-)

Arved



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