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

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 09:31:37AM -0300, Arved Sandstrom wrote:
} 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 ?:site_perl:Archive:Tar.pm'; Line 567
} > ># Argument "" isn't numeric in eq.
} > >File 'Sonstiges:Development:MacPerl ?: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.

How are you getting it into PAUSE?  Which archive(s) are you guys
downloading from?  Which ftp server is that one running?

I downloaded Unicode-Map from ftp.funet.fi when Georg first reported
the problem, and it superficially looked OK to me (running Linux).  I
just downloaded it again (still running Linux), and it looks OK.
Archive::Tar extracts it just fine.

Is it possible the problem is with just one server, or a few servers
running the same ftp server software?


} 
} 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
} 
} 

-- 
Paul Schinder
schinder@pobox.com

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