[freeciv-data] Re: [Freeciv] Re: Fantasy modpack file invalid.

["Nathan Gundlach" <dagchess@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <freeciv-data@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 3:58 PM
Subject: [freeciv-data] Re: [Freeciv] Re: Fantasy modpack file invalid.


> Nathan Gundlach wrote:
>
> > I should say, it was the same as before: extremely corrupted.
>
> FWIW, I just this minute downloaded the version at
> ftp://ftp.freeciv.org/freeciv/contrib/modpacks/fantasy/, and it does not
appear
> to be corrupted.  It did not give any errors when I unzipped it, nor when
I
> extracted the files.  I visually inspected the two files that it puts into
the
> current directory, and both looked OK.  I spot checked some of the files
that
> it puts in the subdirectory, and those I checked were all OK as well.
>
> I think I have read all the messages in this thread, but I don't remember
the
> early ones.  What tools are you using to fetch and extract the files?
What is
> the error message (or other symptom) that tells you that the kit is
corrupted?
>
> Bobby Bryant
> Austin, Texas

When I unzip it with either Stuffit Expander or Conversions Plus (I am using
Windows), the .tar file is clearly corrupted when I open it in Conversions
Plus. The text lines are files and folders. (There are a few tilespec files
which are OK.) I inspected it with Wordpad (a text editor), and it appears
to be missing header information.

-- Nathan