Remote timestamps corrupting distfiles

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

$ sudo port install file
Password:
--->  Fetching file
--->  Attempting to fetch file-4.23.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/tools/file/
--->  Verifying checksum(s) for file
Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for file-4.23.tar.gz
Error: Checksum (sha1) mismatch for file-4.23.tar.gz
Error: Target org.macports.checksum returned: Unable to verify file checksums
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
$

The problem is that the first download location, ftp.fu-berlin.de, is malfunctioning, and is including a header line "Last-Modified: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:37:24 GMT" at the beginning of the downloaded file's contents, thus corrupting it and changing its checksum.

The other two listed download locations, ftp.astron.com and ftp.gw.com, are delivering the correct file.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I removed the ftp.fu-berlin.de mirror in r32797 but put it back in r32798 because I was mistaken. It doesn't matter which of the three mirrors is used. The file is fine if I download it via Camino, but is corrupted by the addition of the header line if fetched via MacPorts. I don't yet know why.

[afb@…]

If running MacPorts from trunk, the most likely reason is related to r32801 ?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Anders found that this is ​a bug in curl 7.13.1, which is unfortunately the version of curl present on Mac OS X 10.4.11. r32722 caused the problem, and r32801 fixed it. See #12629.

[afb@…]

hehe, Anders sorta introduced the bug himself when commiting that feature... :-)

But I guess it needs another pass at the drawing board, to work around Apple bugs.

[tobypeterson]

Milestone MacPorts base bugs deleted