Re: Eclipse installation file pb.

From: Joachim Schimpf <j.schimpf_at_icparc.ic.ac.uk>
Date: Mon 07 Apr 2003 03:40:36 PM GMT
Message-ID: <3E919BF4.B435AA86@icparc.ic.ac.uk>
Joachim Schimpf wrote:
> 
> Vincent Mousseau wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have downloaded the Windows version of Elclipse using http.
> > (/eclipse/download/release/5.5_63/i386_nt/eclipse_basic.tgz)
> > but when I try to open the file (using winzip v8) I get an error message
> > (error reading headerafter processing 0 entries). Note that I have
> > disabled the "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" in the options.
> >
> > do you have any suggestions ?
> 
> You have probably downloaded with Internet Explorer.
> What seems to happen is that IE changes the file extension
> from .tgz to .tar, without touching the file contents,
> and this confuses WinZip sufficiently to give this
> incomprehensible error message.

We have now changed the mime type settings on our http server,
so the problem should not occur any longer!

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 Joachim Schimpf              /             phone: +44 20 7594 8187
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Received on Mon Apr 07 16:40:37 2003

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