Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:47:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: mikegoe@ibm.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_add unable to locate +CONTENTS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904121146450.3957-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <99041114093400.02031@Nikki.ibm.net>
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On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 mikegoe@ibm.net wrote: > I've downloaded several packages from the ports > collection and when I run pkg_add as root I get: > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > tar: child returned status 1 > tar: +CONTENTS not found in archive > pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file `+CONTENTS' - not a package? > > Now if this happened to one or two I'd guess it was just > broken..but not all of them.. am I missing something? Make sure you're downloading in binary mode. If you're using Netscape right-click on the link and select 'Save link As...' instead of depending on Netscape to Do The Right Thing. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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