Unable to Upgrade Xscreensaver-gnome 4.15

[Bob Perry]

Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 02:21:16 -0500, Bob Perry <rperry4 at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 17:00:00 -0500, Bob Perry 
>>> <rperry4 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Tried unsuccessfully this morning to upgrade 
>>>> xscreensaver-gnome-14.1_1, to xscreensaver-gnome-4.15.  First 4 
>>>> attempts using portupgrade resulted in a truncated file .  The 
>>>> alternate site for downgrade was ftp.FreeBSD.org/, but the file 
>>>> wasn't there.
>>>>
>>>> Tried to port the file manually as suggested, but the upgrade 
>>>> program failed to recognize the new tar file indicating that there 
>>>> was a "checksum mismatch".  I did notice that the truncated file 
>>>> had a Feb 26 timestamp while the file I manually downloaded from 
>>>> www.jwz.org had a Mar 6 timestamp.
>>>>
>>>> I really haven't used the screensaver function in gnome for some 
>>>> time, so this is not an urgent matter.  However, just thought I'd 
>>>> pass along my experience.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Works fine here:
>>> ==================================
>>> # make extract
>>> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled
>>>
>>>>> xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in 
>>>>> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>>>>> Attempting to fetch from http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz                      100% of 3950 kB  343 
>>> kBps 00m00s
>>> ===>  Extracting for xscreensaver-gnome-4.15
>>>
>>>>> Checksum OK for xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ==================================
>>>
>>> Perhaps, you can try 'make distclean' then try it again? Try to 
>>> update your ports tree first, before you give it another try.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mezz
>>>
>> ===>  Vulnerability check disabled
>> ===>  Found saved configuration for xscreensaver-gnome-4.14_1
>>  >> xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in 
>> /usr/ports/distfiles/.
>>  >> Attempting to fetch from http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/.
>> Receiving xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz (4045811 bytes): 12% (ETA 20:41)
>> 519728 bytes transferred in 182.3 seconds (2.78 kBps)
>> fetch: xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz appears to be truncated: 
>> 519728/4045811 bytes
>>  >> Attempting to fetch from 
>> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
>> fetch: 
>> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz: 
>> File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
>>  >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
>>  >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
>> *** Error code 1
>>  Stop in /usr/ports/x11/xscreensaver-gnome.
>>
>> Updated ports twice today and ran distclean.  Still no change.
>
>
> Can you try different mirror? 
> http://fresh.t-systems-sfr.com/unix/src/misc/xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz
>
> To me, looks like it's something wrong with your internet vs www.jwz.org?
>
Bingo!  Edited the Makefile with the new mirror site and ran make.  It 
picked up at 13% and ran without a problem. 
Didn't realize there were other mirror sites available.

Running deinstall/reinstall now.  Correction.  All done.

Thanks so much.

Bob Perry

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