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solstice

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Registered: 2006-10-27

Posts: 235

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problem with 2009.02 torrents and firefox (firefox bug ?)

when i download any torrent files for 2009.02 with firefox (simply cliking on the link of the torrent), i end up with an empty file with 400 permission. (in /tmp)

i need to use "download link target here" to get a valid torrent file. (i even have to do it twice ??)

so i guess it's a bug in firefox ?
or something is wrong on the ftp site of archlinux ? why the torrent are not provided via http ?

Killa B

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From: United States

Registered: 2008-10-28

Posts: 42

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Re: problem with 2009.02 torrents and firefox (firefox bug ?)

Wow, that's weird. I just tried it and the links really don't seem to be working. It's not a Firefox bug, though. I'm sure because I downloaded the i686 Core ISO earlier today without a problem. Is the server the .torrents are hosted on down or something?

By the way, I have an unrelated question about seeding: I have no need for anything other than the i686 Core ISO, but should I download the other files just to seed? I have a really good upload speed, and I'd like to give back to the community any way I can.

Last edited by Killa B (2009-03-06 03:05:27)

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: problem with 2009.02 torrents and firefox (firefox bug ?)

Does it still happen if you save them somewhere instead?
Cause it doesnt here..
  ls -al archlinux-2009.02-2-ftp-i686.img.torrent
-rw-r--r-- 1 foo users 9457 2009-03-06 12:56 archlinux-2009.02-2-ftp-i686.img.torrent

Nevermind you already explained that.
I suggest you ask in some mailing list.

Last edited by dolby (2009-03-06 11:00:10)

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