Problem with corrupted source code from sourceforge

When I download the source code for matplotlib (the file is matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz) from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706 I can’t uzip it. Specifically, the command “tar -xzf matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz” returns:
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
I also tried downloaded older versions from sourceforge but with the same result. (The mirror that I downloaded from was optusnet.dl.sourceforge.net.)

Has anyone else had this problem?

Regards,

Paul Milliken

Works for me -- perhaps it is your download client?

johnh@...1653...:tmp> wget
http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz
--13:44:01-- http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/matplotlib/matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz
           => `matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz'
Resolving superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net... 209.160.66.130
Connecting to superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net[209.160.66.130]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 6,457,944 [application/x-gzip]

100%[===============================================================>]
6,457,944 1.49M/s ETA 00:00

13:44:07 (1.11 MB/s) - `matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz' saved [6457944/6457944]

johnh@...1653...:tmp> tar tvfz matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz |head
drwxr-xr-x cmoad/staff 0 2008-01-06 12:31:24 matplotlib-0.91.2/
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 38340 2008-01-06 12:24:31 matplotlib-0.91.2/API_CHANGES
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 130839 2008-01-06 12:25:41 matplotlib-0.91.2/CHANGELOG
drwxr-xr-x cmoad/staff 0 2008-01-06 12:31:23 matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 4114 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/Config.hxx
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 7008 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/Exception.hxx
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 26950 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/Extensions.hxx
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 25172 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.cxx
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 5665 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/IndirectPythonInterface.hxx
-rw-r--r-- cmoad/staff 82717 2007-11-29 20:36:50
matplotlib-0.91.2/CXX/Objects.hxx
johnh@...1653...:tmp>

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On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Paul Milliken <paul.milliken.ensis@...287...> wrote:

When I download the source code for matplotlib (the file is
matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz) from
matplotlib - Browse Files at SourceForge.net I can't uzip it.
Specifically, the command "tar -xzf matplotlib-0.91.2.tar.gz" returns:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors