[Webteam] Suggestion+for+Squeak+Website

karl karl.ramberg at chello.se
Tue Dec 20 20:19:51 CET 2005


Jason Rogers wrote:

>On 12/20/05, Joe Blask <omikronos at msn.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Dear website maintainer:
>>
>>  I have been downloading packages into my Squeak image with the package
>>manager for Squeak 3.8 running on Windows XP.
>>
>>  It appears that there may be some kind of virus in the packages that
>>affects
>>the compression primatives.  After downloading a couple of packages, the
>>program
>>complains that it cannot find the end-of-data markers in the compressed
>>files.
>>Later, things get hung up in the debugger.  The primatives from zlib are
>>always
>>affected.
>>
>>  I have scanned my computer viruses with Norton Anti-Virus and Spy-Sweeper,
>>but, to them, my system appears clean.  I may need to do something else,
>>but I do not know what at this time.
>>
>>  Please check into this for me.
>>    
>>
>
>Joe,
>
>This question should go to the Squeak Dev List and I am copying them
>on the response.
>
>We will improve the site to make it easier to know where questions should go.
>  
>
Yup, sounds good. Lot's of questions about Squeak stuff not related to 
the web site list get posted here.
Karl

>As for your problem, it may be that the response you got in the
>Package Loader was an error instead of the package itself.  So, the
>zip stream may be trying to unzip a plain text 404 error or 505 error.
> Which packages were you trying to install?
>
>By the way, you should probably subscribe to the Squeak Dev List (or
>at least monitor its archives) to see the answer to this post.  You
>can find a link to 'squeak-dev mailing-list' on this page:
>http://www.squeak.org/Community.
>
>Thank you for your feedback.
>
>--
>Jason Rogers
>
>"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
>but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in
>the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved
>me, and gave himself for me."
>    Galatians 2:20
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