[OS X TeX] MacTex.dmg mounting probs

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 8 juin 07 à 07:43, Christian Heine a écrit :

> I downloaded the MacTex dmg file from http://www.tug.org/mactex/  
> yesterday.
> When I tried to mount the disk image I get an 'Unable to attach  
> MacTex.dmg
> -- codec overrun' message from Disk Utility. AFAIK it's been smooth
> sailing during the download from the CTAN mirrors. Did someone else
> experience this problems as well or is it likely a problem on my end?

 From the MacTeX list last night (Paris time):

> De : Morten Høgholm
> Date : 7 juin 2007 12:11:32 HAEC
> À : "MacOS X and TeX."
> Objet : [MacTeX] codec overrun in some MacTeX.dmg's
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just downloaded the MacTeX.dmg from
> <ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX-20070520.dmg>
> and when opening it I get a "codec overrun" message and the image
> fails to mount. However, if I download
> <ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/tex/systems/mac/mactex/ 
> MacTeX-20070520.dmg>,
> the image mounts just fine.
>
> File sizes are identical so I don't understand what is wrong...
> -- 
> Morten

> De : karl (Karl Berry)
> Date : 8 juin 2007 00:25:02 HAEC
> À : mactex
> Objet : Rép : [MacTeX] codec overrun in some MacTeX.dmg's
>
> Hi Morten,
>
>     File sizes are identical so I don't understand what is wrong...
>
> I would guess the transfer from dotsrc.org got corrupted, for some
> unknown and undebuggable reason.
>
> We are learning that this happens with depressing frequency :(.
>
> k

Bruno Voisin

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