Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 02:10:54 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: kernel mirrors behavior changed |
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Jeff Millar wrote:
> 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.
Bull. Use normal FTP. And why on the Earth do you need to download from DOS, anyway?
[snip] > "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. Huh??? *PLONK*
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