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Subject: snapshot is corrupt
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I just got the following when trying a portsnap.  Any ideas?
I really don't understand how portsnap works, so for me the error  
message isn't that useful.


$ sudo portsnap fetch update
Password:
Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found.
Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap3.FreeBSD.org... done.
Fetching snapshot metadata... done.
Updating from Fri Sep  7 04:51:41 CDT 2007 to Sat Sep  8 05:50:59 CDT  
2007.
Fetching 4 metadata patches... done.
Applying metadata patches... done.
Fetching 0 metadata files... done.
Fetching 1285 patches..... 
10....20....30....40....50....60....70....80....90....100....110....120. 
... 
130....140....150....160....170....180....190....200....210....220....23 
0....240....250....260....270....280....290....300....310....320....330. 
... 
340....350....360....370....380....390....400....410....420....430....44 
0....450....460....470....480....490....500....510....520....530....540. 
...550....560....570....580....590.... done.
Applying patches... done.
Fetching 708 new ports or files... /usr/sbin/portsnap: cannot open  
e34b76c53bfd361a3defe2a9a884c0aa4f10da8b845ddf8e991fc419b3109f09.gz:  
No such file or directory
snapshot is corrupt.
$


Thanks,

-j