port install pear-TCPDF fails with checksum error

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 27, 2017, at 00:42, Joshua Root wrote:

>> port install pear-TCPDF fails with checksum error
>> i have read https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MisbehavingServers and i am sure my isp's dns server is not misbehaving.
>> i have read https://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#checksums.
>> i have searched trac, no match found.
>> so i tried again:
>> # port selfupdate
>> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
>> MacPorts base version 2.4.1 installed,
>> MacPorts base version 2.4.1 downloaded.
>> --->  Updating the ports tree
>> # port clean -f --dist pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Cleaning pear-TCPDF
>> # port install pear-tcpdf 2>&1 | tee /bla
>> --->  Computing dependencies for pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Fetching archive for pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Attempting to fetch pear-TCPDF-5.9.074_0.darwin_15.noarch.tbz2 from https://packages.macports.org/pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Attempting to fetch pear-TCPDF-5.9.074_0.darwin_15.noarch.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Attempting to fetch pear-TCPDF-5.9.074_0.darwin_15.noarch.tbz2 from http://nue.de.packages.macports.org/pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Fetching distfiles for pear-TCPDF
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from https://distfiles.macports.org/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://lil.fr.distfiles.macports.org/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://nue.de.distfiles.macports.org/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://mse.uk.distfiles.macports.org/sites/distfiles.macports.org/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://osl.no.distfiles.macports.org/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://fco.it.distfiles.macports.org/mirrors/macports-distfiles/pear
>> --->  Attempting to fetch TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz from http://pearhub.org/get
>> --->  Verifying checksums for pear-TCPDF
>> Error: Checksum (rmd160) mismatch for TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz
>> Error: Checksum (sha256) mismatch for TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz
>> ***
>> The non-matching file appears to be HTML. See this page for possible reasons
>> for the checksum mismatch:
>> <https://trac.macports.org/wiki/MisbehavingServers>
>> ***
>> The file has been moved to: /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/pear/TCPDF-5.9.074.tgz.html
>> Error: Failed to checksum pear-TCPDF: Unable to verify file checksums
>> Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_php_pear-TCPDF/pear-TCPDF/main.log for details.
>> Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
>> Error: Processing of port pear-tcpdf failed
>> what should i do now?
>> thanks.
> 
> Generally you should look at the contents of the HTML file to figure out what generated it instead of the correct file and why. In this case I would guess it's the fourth possibility listed on the MisbehavingServers page, "The download site no longer has the file, and does not indicate this with the correct response code."

The pearhub.org domain name appears to have been replaced with spam. The URLs I tried just redirect to random ads.

The port should be updated to the latest version, which might be this:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcpdf/