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Edward Hooper

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Nov 20, 2001, 1:50:45 PM11/20/01
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I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site. Does
anyone know of a mirror site? I'm trying to find the latest custom
loadable versions of Perl, Python (with tkinter support please!),
Samba, and others...

Thanks!

Edward Hooper
Princess Cruises

Tony Lawrence

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Nov 20, 2001, 2:13:58 PM11/20/01
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Edward Hooper wrote:
>
> I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site. Does
> anyone know of a mirror site? I'm trying to find the latest custom
> loadable versions of Perl, Python (with tkinter support please!),
> Samba, and others...

I just tried http://www.caldera.com/skunkware/
now and had no problem downloading various and sundry things.

Bill Campbell and other ftp sites listed at
http://pcunix.com/Links/ftp.html are not mirrors of Skunkware but do
have binaries for many things..

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Tony Lawrence
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Bill Vermillion

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Nov 20, 2001, 4:25:10 PM11/20/01
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In article <2dc3b402.01112...@posting.google.com>,

Edward Hooper <eho...@princesscruises.com> wrote:
>I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site. Does
>anyone know of a mirror site? I'm trying to find the latest custom
>loadable versions of Perl, Python (with tkinter support please!),
>Samba, and others...

The site is there - but a bit hinky at times.

I can try to list something and get passive ftp refused - and I'm
NOT in a passive mode, and after entering the command about 3 times
it comes through. I was running 65KB/sec on a transfer yesterday
which really is pretty decent for a busy server.


Jean-Pierre Radley

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Nov 20, 2001, 5:43:59 PM11/20/01
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Edward Hooper propounded (on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 10:50:45AM -0800):

| I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site.

Perhaps you'd be so kind as to disclose how you tried to get access and
what blocks you stumbled over?

On reading your message, I pointed Netscape to www.caldera.com/skunkware,
which came up instantly.

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JP

kjw

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Nov 21, 2001, 12:09:28 PM11/21/01
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To all,
I having problems getting to the SCO ftp site well.
The problems occur at work.
The session looks like this:
-------------------start of snippet---------------------
165$ uname -X

System = SCO_SV
Node = alfalfa
Release = 3.2v5.0.6
KernelID = 2000-07-27
Machine = PentIII
BusType = ISA
Serial = 2EK044262
Users = 5-user
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 1

166$ ftp ftp2.caldera.com
Connected to ftp2.caldera.com.
220 ftp2.caldera.com Ready
Name (ftp2.caldera.com:kjw123): anonymous
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password.
Password:
230-
Welcome to the Caldera International FTP site!
ftp2.caldera.com

"Unifying Unix with Linux for Business"
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
Login failed.
No control connection for command: Socket is not connected
No control connection for command: Socket is not connected
Remote system type is unknown.
Using ascii mode to transfer files.
ftp> dir
Not connected.
-------------------End of snippet---------------------

I can, however get to the ftp site from my computer at home.
I am guessing it is my companies firewall.
Ken

Jeff Liebermann

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Nov 21, 2001, 2:48:23 PM11/21/01
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On 20 Nov 2001 10:50:45 -0800, eho...@princesscruises.com (Edward
Hooper) wrote:

>I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site. Does
>anyone know of a mirror site? I'm trying to find the latest custom
>loadable versions of Perl, Python (with tkinter support please!),
>Samba, and others...

The ftp2 site apparently has a user limit that does not allow access
when exceeded. The problem is that the traditional error message is
not configured on the server, so all you see is a blank screen. I
tried it with a command line ftp and got a hang when over the max user
count. No error message. It worked correctly after a few users went
away. The same test with Netscape and IE5.5 (under Windoze) yielded a
blank screen and no clue why it failed.


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Bill Vermillion

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Nov 22, 2001, 12:33:00 AM11/22/01
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In article <d11ovtkfaugrv13vc...@4ax.com>,

Jeff Liebermann <je...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>On 20 Nov 2001 10:50:45 -0800, eho...@princesscruises.com (Edward
>Hooper) wrote:

>>I still can't get access to the Caldera/SCO Skunkware site. Does
>>anyone know of a mirror site? I'm trying to find the latest custom
>>loadable versions of Perl, Python (with tkinter support please!),
>>Samba, and others...

>The ftp2 site apparently has a user limit that does not allow access
>when exceeded. The problem is that the traditional error message is
>not configured on the server, so all you see is a blank screen. I
>tried it with a command line ftp and got a hang when over the max user
>count. No error message. It worked correctly after a few users went
>away. The same test with Netscape and IE5.5 (under Windoze) yielded a
>blank screen and no clue why it failed.

While this wont help for the skunkware if you need the UW7 ptfs,
or the Openserver oss* files or the updates such as rs506a, and you
have difficulty getting to the site or have speed problems, I
found that
ftp ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/caldera has most of the files.

I actually get faster transfers from the trans-Atlantic connection
than I get going to one of the US sites at times. This is also a
mirror of about 50 Linux distributions, all the BSD variants,
and mirrors of borland, mcaee, netscape, simtel, sunsite and quite
a few others. You might want to stick this address somewhere
handy.

Bill

Jean-Pierre Radley

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Nov 22, 2001, 9:21:30 PM11/22/01
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Bill Vermillion propounded (on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 05:33:00AM +0000):

| While this wont help for the skunkware if you need the UW7 ptfs,
| or the Openserver oss* files or the updates such as rs506a, and you
| have difficulty getting to the site or have speed problems, I
| found that
| ftp ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/caldera has most of the files.

That is a mirror of metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/caldera.

And both of them certainly DO have the same oss files as on
ftp.caldera.com (which is only the few dozen latest ones, for OSR 5
only).

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JP

Bill Vermillion

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Nov 22, 2001, 10:38:57 PM11/22/01
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In article <20011123022...@jpradley.jpr.com>,

By most I do notice that things like skunkware are missing.

Jean-Pierre Radley

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Nov 23, 2001, 11:43:36 AM11/23/01
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Bill Vermillion propounded (on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 03:38:57AM +0000):

Rephrase that: those sites are mirroring a Caldera site which does not
itself comprise any Skunkware pages.


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JP

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