What happened to GNU's ftp software directory?

vincebs · 02-06-2004, 05:23 PM

I tried to download parted from the GNU site but the file and every other file has been replaced by:

"The following files are not available because their authenticity is
being confirmed. We expect to have them uploaded Real Soon Now (RSN)."

Now I checked the date of the messages and apparently GNU software has not been available since October.

What happened to their software?

Are all these programs discontinued?

Help!
Vince

XavierP · 02-06-2004, 05:28 PM

Do you mean this page? : http://www.gnu.org/directory/gnuparted.html

Could you provide the urls you used?

vincebs · 02-06-2004, 05:34 PM

Yes. The FTP site it refers to and all its mirrors do not have parted and most other utilities.

I found out that their site was hacked in July 2003. 7 months is not enough time to MD5 checksum a few hundred files? What has happened to these programs?

XavierP · 02-06-2004, 05:38 PM

Don't know. Try dropping them a line.

Shade · 02-06-2004, 11:28 PM

I ran into the same thing when doing LFS 5.0.
I wondered about it but had forgotten.

Does anyone know?

--Shade