[OLUG] stupid question on source files

[ktb]

I've been trying to download and install XFree86-3.3.6 so I can get my i810
chipset to work with 'X' on my Redhat side.  I tried the binary rpm and it
wouldn't update even if "forced."  Got a "can't install" or something, it
has been a while.  I just figured it was a corrupted file because I kept
getting knocked off line and it took hours and hours to get the file.
Anyway I downloaded the source and tried to build that.  I get an error when
I use "rpm-bl <foo.src.rpm>" to do a list check,
"File contains non-printable characters ( i ): <foo.src.rpm>"

I think I set ncftp2 to type ascii thinking source files were text.  Maybe
this has corrupted this file so I can't build it?  When I look at the file
with 'less' there seems to be binary symbols contained in the file.  Should
I download an src file in binary format?  When I tried 'rpm --recompile
<foo.src.rpm>' I just got a prompt back right away with a message that it
had been created but obviously it hadn't.  I'm using Redhat 6.0.
Thanks,
kent



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