Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-17 Thread Philippe Martin
John Machin wrote: >> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 > > And the reason for posting that would be what? WinZip doesn't support > bzip2 compression. > > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tgz (a gzipped tar > file) is what the OP would be better point

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-17 Thread John Machin
> I'd blame WinZip for claiming rights to files it can't read You are probably right ... however in Windows Explorer on my box, .bz2 files have an "I don't know" type of icon, whereas .zip (of course(?)) and .tgz and.tar.gz files have the WinZip vice-squeezing icon. Are there two different lists o

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread John Machin
Elric02 wrote: """ I'm currently trying to get access to the Python source code, however whenever I try to extract the files using the latest version of WinZip (version 10) I get the following error "error reading however after processing 0 entries """ I've managed to reproduce this behaviour: 1.

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread John Machin
Elric02 wrote: """ I tried downloading for different archives, (different versions of Python) I can't believe they are all garbled. But they all don't work with WinZip. """ I can't believe that they're all garbled either. The likelihood of that is small. Further, the probablility that all-pervas

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread John Machin
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 And the reason for posting that would be what? WinZip doesn't support bzip2 compression. http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/Python-2.4.3.tgz (a gzipped tar file) is what the OP would be better pointed at. FWIW, I have just downloa

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread Scott David Daniels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Scott , > I tried downloading for different archives, (different versions of > Python) I can't believe they are all garbled. But they all don't work > with WinZip. > OK, against my better judgment (you haven't shown your work so far): I get an md5 for python-2.4.3.tar.

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread Scott David Daniels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Scott , > I tried downloading for different archives, (different versions of > Python) I can't believe they are all garbled. But they all don't work > with WinZip. And what checksum did you get? --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailma

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread Philippe Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>You can get Python sources from python.org > > I'm unable to locate a source file brings that will work with WinZip. > Can anybody please point me to the exact URL that will get me to the > source code? but it it is tar ball format or a gzip format, than that > will wor

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scott , I tried downloading for different archives, (different versions of Python) I can't believe they are all garbled. But they all don't work with WinZip. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>You can get Python sources from python.org I'm unable to locate a source file brings that will work with WinZip. Can anybody please point me to the exact URL that will get me to the source code? but it it is tar ball format or a gzip format, than that will work for me as WinZip is not open. --

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread Scott David Daniels
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm currently trying to get access to the Python source code, however > whenever I try to extract the files using the latest version of WinZip > (version 10) I get the following error "error reading header after > processing 0 entries" > I was under the impression that I

Re: Unable to extract Python source code using Windows

2006-05-16 Thread bruno at modulix
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm currently trying to get access to the Python source code, however > whenever I try to extract the files from what ? > using the latest version of WinZip > (version 10) I get the following error "error reading header after > processing 0 entries" > I was under the im