From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jose A. Ortega Ruiz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What's the problem with the authenticity of 21.3? Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:50:19 +0200 Organization: Using Debian GNU/Linux Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87n0eabq7o.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060981363 21530 80.91.224.253 (15 Aug 2003 21:02:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:02:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 15 23:02:42 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19nlic-00067F-00 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:02:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19nlh4-0004Bk-H3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:01:06 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!103.red-80-33-152.pooles.rima-tde.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 103.red-80-33-152.pooles.rima-tde.net (80.33.152.103) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1060980622 308503 80.33.152.103 (16 [172394]) X-Attribution: jao User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-Face: )AUlf6Ndy#b=TQpcgEa=\,_,p.jlx}RJE]841l*BN10a}s Cancel-Lock: sha1:hOeYOmBH5IGeHYJO96opVbToRzE= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115929 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11847 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11847 hi, http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/08/13/1530239.shtml?tid=117&tid=126&tid=172&tid=99 hth, jao Alan Mackenzie writes: > Hi everybody. > > I was looking at the gnu ftp server and one of its mirrors last night, > with a view to downloading 21.3, (or at least, a patch to upgrade to it). > > Instead of this, I could find only the file > emacs-21.3.tar.gz.back-RSN.README which contained a massive list of files > (about 690) which are currently unavailable "because their authenticity > is being confirmed. We expect to have them uploaded Real Soon Now > (RSN)." > > Can anybody throw any light upon what's going on? > > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) > Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter > (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a"). > -- "Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more." -- William Cowper