Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:37:36 -0500 From: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ghostscript-gnu distfile checksum error - WORKAROUND (was: Stop error installing /usr/ports/mail/evolution) Message-ID: <20030917213736.59b6e901.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <44llsm7sdh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <CA8CA64C-E888-11D7-8500-000A95A0485E@mac.com> <44llsm7sdh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 17 Sep 2003 22:16:58 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> wrote: > Barry Hawkins <barryhawkins@mac.com> writes: > > > My own research via Google showed several places I could try > > to download the problematic Samsung-SmartGDI-all-GS.tar.gz. After > > downloading the file in question several times from different > > locations, including the FreeBSD ftp archives, I continued to receive > > the same messages regarding checksum failures. > > I came across one person's workaround, and was able to use > > that <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2003-July/ > > 002738.html>. However, there are several old postings in various > > newsgroups about this problem, some dating back to October 2002. Why > > hasn't this MD5 checksum issue been corrected yet? Is there another > > dependent issue that justifies not fixing this? > > If I fetch it right now, it fetches fine and matches the checksum. > There's nothing wrong with the port -- the problem is in your system > failing to get the file. Remove it, and let the ports system get it > on its own, and I *suspect* that the ports system will get it right. I ran into this problem also a while back, just deleted the distfile "Samsung-SmartGDI-all-GS.tar.gz" and fetched it again. Problem solved! Regards, Stephen Hilton nospam@hiltonbsd.com
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