I very nearly wrote a response to this saying that .tar.gz links haven't worked for a long time.
I too am a Safari user. However, I went to double check and it now works for me with Safari 5.1.2 (new as of last week). Cheers, Steve C On 05/12/2011, at 2:01 PM, Ronald Petty wrote: > Barrie, > > After some more testing it must be my misunderstanding. I tried the links > below in FireFox and they worked (aka. they redirected me to a page listing > mirrors.) For some reason my Safari installation is not, but only on the > tar.gz links, the .zip links go to the mirror listings. > > It must be something with my Safari browser. Sorry about the false alarm. > > Ron > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Barrie Treloar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Ronald Petty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Olivier, >>> >>> Sorry for the extended delay, I lost my connection for almost 24 hours. >>> Here are the links and they still appear to be broken. >>> >>> On this page: http://maven.apache.org/download.html >>> >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-3.0.3-src.tar.gz >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.tar.gz >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-2.2.1-src.tar.gz >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.0.11-bin.tar.gz >>> - >>> >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/maven/source/apache-maven-2.0.11-src.tar.gz >>> >>> Here is what I see when I download any of them: >>> $ gunzip apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz >>> $ tar tvf apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar >>> tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file type or format >>> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors. >>> >>> Can someone else confirm the same or similar issue? >> >> Ron, >> Olivier asked you to paste the link that the closer.cgi page returns. >> >> For example, when I click on the links you posted above, the actual >> download URL becomes: >> >> http://apache.mirror.aussiehq.net.au//maven/binaries/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz >> >> Without that information its impossible to tell which mirror may be broken. >> >> I'm surprised that gunzip worked but tar is then giving you an error. >> Which version of tar are you using? >> Give GNU tar a go to make sure you dont have bugs in your local >> installed version of tar. >> Additionally you might want to open up apache-maven-2-1.0.11-bin.tar >> or .gz in vi to verify its a binary file and not a 404 html page in >> disguise. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
