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Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Trying to upload new releases |
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Thu, 6 Oct 2011 01:00:44 GMT |
Hi Steve,
Glad it worked. Since I already wrote out this reply I'll
send it for whatever future debugging value it may have ...
Sorry to bother you with something trivial, but I am having
difficulty uploading a new release of my package, Electric.
It's no bother and not trivial. We want uploads to work easily and
reliably! (I'll keep the list in cc.)
First, I surmise that what might be happening is that the ftp upload
processor is working on the file before it has finished uploading.
Thus, I can suggest trying either
1) upload all the files to fencepost.gnu.org first, and then go to
ftp-upload, and/or
2) upload the big data file first, and then the directive/sig files.
Second, FWIW, there is a mailing list now to archive the ftp upload
reports. Looking at a recent one, e.g.,
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ftp-upload-report/2011-10/msg00014.html
it seems the directive file contains only
directory: electric
That's the "old" format of directive files. If problems persist, it
could be worth trying the new format, specifying the filename:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html
You might find it convenient to generate the needed stuff with the
gnupload script,
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/build-aux/gnupload
Third, regarding file size, I don't know if there is a limit, but if so,
it's bigger than 28mb. The latest gcc tarballs are over 90mb ...
Best,
Karl
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