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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 02:11:57 -0500 (EST)
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Subject: Re: buffer overrun on download
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On 28-Feb-97 "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
>>> When I tried to install the package, I got a lot of error messages saying
>> various files "don't really exist."  Anybody think this had to do with a
>> communications problem, e.g. the buffer overruns?  Could the size of the
>> file (about 13mb) have anything to do with this, or the default speed
>> (115200) of my ppp connection?
>
>No, this is actually a bug with pkg_add and really really large
>packages like xemacs.  If you hold off on trying to install the xemacs
>package for now and simply get ahold of some 2.1-stable sources (see
>http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/stable.html) for, at the minimum,
>/usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install it will fix these problems.
>
>Sorry, I'd have liked to have had this fix be in 2.1.7 but it would
>have meant re-rolling and replacing the entire bindist for the existing
>distribution. :-(
>
>					Jordan

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E-Mail: Michael Alwan alwan@rma.edu
Date: 02/28/97
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Thanks, Jordan, it's good to know what's happening.   I'll give it a try.

Michael