Re: Invalid msi: TortoiseSVN-1.6.3.16613-win32-svn-1.6.3.msi

2009/7/9 Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>:
> Mark Rosenberg wrote:
>> TortoiseSVN-1.6.3.16613-win32-svn-1.6.3.msi is not a valid MSI
>> according to my XP Home SP3 system. The install aborts immediately
>> with the message from Windows Installer:
>>
>> "This installation package could not be opened. Contact the
>> application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer
>> package."
>>
>> Nor was I able to verify the digital signature according to the
>> instructions provided on the website. My download link follows:
>>
>> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tortoisesvn/TortoiseSVN-1.6.3.16613-win32-svn-1.6.3.msi?download
>>
>> Am I the only one having this issue or is the MSI truly damaged?
>
> Your msi is really broken.
> Try downloading it again, and maybe try a different sourceforge mirror
> to download from.

The new signature proves that the msi has not been tampered with, but
is it as easy to detect a broken download? Is it worth keeping MD5
sums shown on the website?

Simon

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