Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 02:11:57 -0500 (EST) From: Michael.Alwan.alwan@rma.edu To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Michael Alwan <alwan@rma.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buffer overrun on download Message-ID: <XFMail.970228023926.Michael Alwan alwan@rma.edu> In-Reply-To: <16472.857112792@time.cdrom.com>
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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 ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Michael Alwan alwan@rma.edu Date: 02/28/97 Time: 02:11:57 This message was sent by XF-Mail ---------------------------------- Thanks, Jordan, it's good to know what's happening. I'll give it a try. Michael
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