Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:49:19 -0500 | | From | Jeff Millar <> | | Subject | kernel mirrors behavior changed |
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The mx.kernel.org mirror and probably others will thoughtfully (??) gunzip the file as it's downloaded, at least when downloaded with netscape. However, when it does this under DOS/Win it adds returns that patch can't handle. The original kernel.org doesn't gunzip the file, so there's no text conversion problem. In addition, the ascii converted file retains its .gz suffix...which is just plain wrong.
Can we please request that kernel.org "branded" distribution sites behave the same way? I really don't like having to untangle the effects of applying a DOS/ascii patch. I don't like having to remember to check on formats after a download. I don't like having to run the patch through dos2unix.
I don't care what a mirror does on it's own, but if it's mentioned in the "official mirrors list", it should meet some standard of compatibility or at least explain in clear language how it works...that's clear language to the upcomming linux masses, not somebody with 5-10 years of unix administration experience. BTW, I don't care about last weeks issue of .gz vs .bz2 because that's reasonably obvious.
jeff
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