Hieroglyphics... Stupid, Newbie Question.

nugui · 11-23-2003, 08:19 PM

When I attempt to download MAKEDEV 1.7 and net-tools 1.60 I get a screen full of hieroglyphics instead of downloading.
Tried all the links I can find. Any idea what causes this?

Also I am having problems obtaining some files as they seem to have been withdrawn pending verification.

Files that I am having trouble obtaining:

File 4.04
Groff 1.19
libtool 1.5
MAKEDEV 1.7
net-tools 1.60
Grep 2.5.1

Sorry for the stupid Newbie questions but I figured building LFS would be one of the quickest ways to learn.

Thanks

fr0zen · 11-23-2003, 10:26 PM

The hieroglyphics you speak of are nothing more than binary characters being printed as ascii. Basically it means somewhere the mime type for the files is getting corrupted, or is non-existent.

The solution is to right click on the provided link, and select "save as", or use "wget" in a terminal with the url following the command.