Thomas Klausner wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 01:25:57AM +1000, Paul NCC/CS wrote:
> > => Checksum mismatch for libpng-1.2.1.tar.gz.
> > Make sure the Makefile and checksum file
> > (/usr/pkgsrc/graphics/png/distinfo)
> > are up to date.  If you want to override this check, type
> > "make NO_CHECKSUM=yes [other args]".
> > *** Error code 1
>
> This means that the distfile you downloaded does not match the
> expected checksum from pkgsrc.
> This could have many reasons, among the easy ones corrupted or
> incomplete transfer.  You can do
>         make distclean
> to remove the files you downloaded and try again.
>
> Of course it could also be that the file has changed on the master
> site, in which case you could try to set
>         FAILOVER_FETCH=         yes
> in your /etc/mk.conf, which makes pkgsrc try all available sites,
> including ftp.netbsd.org, which should have a correct copy.

This was magnificent! The whole thing worked a treat after this.
Thanks.
PS where can I learn more about these makefile options for pkgsrc,
anyone?

cheers,
Paul.



>
>
> Bye,
>  Thomas
>
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