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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ports problems
Date: 20 Jan 1997 15:19:43 GMT
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In article <5bt1dn$8vt@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
	j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> "Stephane Raimbault" <bsw827@freenet.mb.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Every time I want to install a port from the internet I get the following
>> error:
>> 
>> >> Checksum mismatch for filename.tar.gz
>> *** Error code 1
>> 
>> Stop.
>> 
>> I don't understand why I get this error.
> 
> It means the file has been modified on the master site.  You might get
> away with removing the files/md5 file, so you'll try to build the port
> without checksums, but mind you, it's also possible that some of the
> patches no longer apply.  (That's why there is a checksum in the first
> place.)

I've seen this, too, with some downloaded ports.  Try "make makesum". 

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