Jack Pfisterer wrote in a message to James Mckenzie:
JM> 02 Jul 97 20:34, Jack Pfisterer wrote to All:
JM>  JP> Just downloaded the file dated 27 Jun 97 and found the contents
  >  JP> identical to what I downloaded two or three months ago.  I think the
  >  JP> 27 Jun date is just an artifact of some housekeeping activity, but
  >  JP> certainly not a new version.
JM> It is indeed an update.  Confirmed this with both IBM and Netscape.
 JP> This is more than a little puzzling.  Checked the two files
 JP> again and they are absolutely identical!  Note the final CRC
 JP> values and total  file sizes:  (File dates reflect date of
 JP> downloading.)
 JP> File dated 27 Feb 97:  Archive:  nsos2202.exe
 JP> File dated 2 Jul 97:  Archive:  nsos2202.exe
 JP> The second, 2 Jul 97 file was listed in the
 JP> software/netscape directory at service2.boulder.ibm.com as:
 JP>    -rw-rw-r--   1 95566035 205      4471619 Jun 27 13:50
 JP> nsos2202.exe 
 JP> Were it not for the 27 Jun dating, I would assume that I was
 JP> just a little too early--downloading the file before it had
 JP> been replaced by the new one.
 JP> Since the displayed date apparently doesn't mean anything,
 JP> and these changes are not considered significant enough to
 JP> change the labeling of the file, how can I tell what is the
 JP> true updated file.  I hate to keep FTPing 4-meg files and
 JP> discovering that they contain nothing new. 
You downloaded the December final beta again. The date on Unix machines can 
get changed whenever the system "touches" the files. Often, mirror or 
restructuring will do that to the dates. 
More to the point, you keep FTPing from the wrong server and the wrong name. 
Use the web, click on your current Netscape Icon and then choose download, 
and manufacturer supported and then select IBM OS2 Warp, that will take you 
to the real IBM Netscape 2.02 download pages where you select the language 
support you need. See my previous post in this echo with the information on 
the current "released" version of NS2.02 from IBM. 
Testcase is just that, a site for TEST CASES and not for public distribution. 
If a package, even a fixpack, is released, it is placed on a different 
server. Unless IBM tells you to pull a file from testcase then you probably 
don't want it. It is likely to be a quick compile for a specific problem that 
is likely to break something else. 
Service? is a software update server but you keep pulling the final beta 
version and not the language specific versions. I also believe you were in 
the wrong directories. Check the URLs for the 5 public DL sites for the final 
language specific versions of NS2. 
Dave Calafrancesco, Team OS/2
dave@drakkar.mhv.net
... They got the library at Alexandria, they're not getting mine! 
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