Re: BUG #5029: Download Trouble

Alan Rubin wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 5029
> Logged by: Alan Rubin
> Email address: alanrubin00(at)yahoo(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: unknown
> Operating system: Windows XP
> Description: Download Trouble
> Details:
>
> i'm trying to download postgresql-8.2.9-1.zip from
> http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.2.9/win32/. i click the
> postgresql-8.2.9-1.zip link and land on
> http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/download/mirrors-ftp/binary/v8.2.9/win32/pos
> tgresql-8.2.9-1.zip. the mirror page recognizes USA and states "Your
> download will start automatically from this mirror in 5 seconds unless you
> select another mirror in the list below."
>
> the page will continuously refresh but the download doesn't begin. i tried
> clicking on HTTP and FTP but both links give me a "The webpage cannot be
> found" in IE7 and in FF3 i get a "550
> /pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.2.9/win32/postgresql-8.2.9-1.zip: No such
> file or directory" alert pop up for FTP and "The requested URL
> /pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.2.9/win32/postgresql-8.2.9-1.zip was not
> found on this server." when i click on HTTP.
>

I to got 404 - File Not Found errors on all the US links and a random
sampling of others. so its not just you.

it appears only 8.2.11, .12, and .13 are still on the servers.
http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/

why do you want 8.2.9, thats a rather obsolete version.