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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ports problems
Date: 19 Jan 1997 11:43:51 GMT
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"Stephane Raimbault" <bsw827@freenet.mb.ca> wrote:

> Every time I want to install a port from the internet I get the following
> error:
> 
> >> Checksum mismatch for filename.tar.gz
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> 
> I don't understand why I get this error.

It means the file has been modified on the master site.  You might get
away with removing the files/md5 file, so you'll try to build the port
without checksums, but mind you, it's also possible that some of the
patches no longer apply.  (That's why there is a checksum in the first
place.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)