Unable to Upgrade Xscreensaver-gnome 4.15

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 03:16:41 -0500, Bob Perry <rperry4 at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> 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.

No problem, thanks to google.com too. I searched for 
'xscreensaver-4.15.tar.gz' in google to find another mirror for you to 
download. ;-)

Cheers,
Mezz

> Bob Perry


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