Subject: Re: Bizarre ftp problem
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@deshaw.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/12/1995 14:46:12
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950112013743.17205A-100000@paddington> D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk (David Brownlee) writes:
> Tried ftping to sun-lamp to get the latest source to make.
> (I didn't want to wait for sup to update its database - or
> am I missing something? - Anyway...)
>
> When I get the file /pub/NetBSD-current/src/usr.bin/make/arch.c
> from sun-lamp the last 7 characters have been replaced by nulls.
> 'sup' gets it down no problem.
>
> Tried from both sun-os & NetBSD this end & getting it from the
> mirror at ftp.demon.co.uk is fine...
>
> Can anyone else see this - is there a problem with the ftpd at
> sun-lamp? (Have I gone totally mad?)
>
> David
>
Yes, there is; you are not mad. Some files get randomly truncated...
christos