Broken snapshot archives

[Simon Marlow]

Tomasz Zielonka wrote:

> Some recent GHC snapshot files seem to be broken.
> For example with
>     http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/current/dist/ghc-6.5.20060927-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
> I get:
>     $ tar jxf ghc-6.5.20060927-i386-unknown-linux.tar.bz2
> 
>     bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
>     perhaps it is corrupted?  *Possible* reason follows.
>     bzip2: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>     Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout)
> 
>     It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become
>     corrupted.
>     You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such
>     files.
> 
>     You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to
>     recover
>     data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.
> 
>     tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
>     tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
>     tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Yes, this is due to a long-standing problem with our firewalls that sometimes 
cause corruption of an SSH connection.  I'll try to make it retry or delete the 
file on failure instead of leaving a broken tarball in place.

Cheers,
	Simon