Unable to download the Tycho 2 Star Catalog

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Thank you Omer for finding the root cause. For the time being, we will
re-upload all files at tar.gz until this issue is fixed in KF5/KF6.

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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM Ömer Fadıl USTA <omerusta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It seems that macOS systems might not accept the application/x-bzip MIME
> type for bzip2 files, and they may be specifically checking for
> application/x-bzip2. Additionally, application/x-bzip-compressed-tar
> might need to be updated to include application/x-bzip2-compressed-tar
> while still retaining the original application/x-bzip and
> application/x-bzip-compressed-tar for backward compatibility.
>
> Therefore, we may need to add two more lines to the following section:
>
> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/knewstuff/-/blame/master/src/core/installation.cpp#L376
>
> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/knewstuff/-/blame/master/src/core/installation.cpp#L379
>
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ömer Fadıl Usta
> PGP key : 0xfd11561976b1690b
> about.me/omerusta
>
>
> Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com>, 5 Oca 2025 Paz, 07:40 tarihinde
> şunu yazdı:
>
>> Hello Ben,
>>
>> I took a look at the files and they are indeed valid and match the ones
>> downloaded on Linux. I used bunzip2 on Mac and was able to verify the
>> content just fine. So this is a KF5/KF6 framework issue on MacOS only that
>> affects bz2 files for some reason. From our side, we don't mind compressing
>> these using standard .tar.gz and then re-uploading them to the CDN.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Jasem Mutlaq
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Ben,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Jasem,
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sure, this is what I see in the logs:
>>>>
>>>> [2024-12-10T06:21:13.226 +03 CRIT ][              kf.newstuff.core] -
>>>> Could not determine type of archive file '
>>>> "/private/var/folders/gd/gv1tcqtj1rg8jjp35966_wx00000gn/T/pThSyQ-sky_images-1.4.tar.bz2"
>>>> '
>>>> [2024-12-10T06:21:52.918 +03 CRIT ][              kf.newstuff.core] -
>>>> Could not determine type of archive file '
>>>> "/private/var/folders/gd/gv1tcqtj1rg8jjp35966_wx00000gn/T/FRoZJN-tycho2_mag_12.5-1.1.tar.bz2"
>>>> '
>>>> [2024-12-13T09:37:25.230 +03 CRIT ][              kf.newstuff.core] -
>>>> Could not determine type of archive file '
>>>> "/private/var/folders/gd/gv1tcqtj1rg8jjp35966_wx00000gn/T/zEpHoe-thumbnails-1.3.tar.bz2"
>>>> '
>>>>
>>>> So it's an issue with bz2 specifically? I support we can re-upload all
>>>> as tar.gz
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything available further up the log to indicate whether the
>>> download was completed correctly?
>>> I've had a quick look and the KArchive shipped with Craft is enabled
>>> with libbz2 support so that shouldn't be the issue.
>>>
>>> Don't suppose you can get a copy of the file in question to check to see
>>> if it has downloaded incorrectly / partially / etc?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Jasem Mutlaq
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HI Jasem,
>>>>>
>>>>> To start, given this is a MacOS specific issue, i'd like to ask if any
>>>>> debug logs from the client side are available?
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be helpful to know what exactly KStars is seeing that makes
>>>>> it fail, as a file not found error could be as simple as KArchive being
>>>>> unable to unpack an archive due to a helper not being available on MacOS,
>>>>> or it could be the HTTPS libraries being particularly sensitive/delicate on
>>>>> MacOS...
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ben
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We have received numerous reports from users that on KStars for MacOS
>>>>>> specifically, they cannot download packages from Get Hot New Stuff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can confirm the issue from the MacOS side, but I'm not sure why
>>>>>> this would only occur on MacOS? Any help tracking down the issue would be
>>>>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Jasem Mutlaq
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>>>> From: Steven Hutchings <kent_aerials at me.com>
>>>>>> Date: Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Unable to download the Tycho 2 Star Catalog
>>>>>> To: <kstars-devel at kde.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good morning I have downloaded the latest version of K-stars V3.7.3
>>>>>> Stable for the Mac OS, and I have been trying to setting it up, and have
>>>>>> been downloading the star catalogs however I can not download the Tycho 2
>>>>>> Star Catalog amongst others.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It says:-  could not install “Tyco-2 Star Catalog”: file not found.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I get the same issue with the:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Tycho-2 Star Catalog
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *  Inline thumbnail images
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * NGC images displayed in the details
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * IC Images displayed in the detail
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Common images displayed in the detail
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you help with this please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steven Hutchings
>>>>>> 15 Godwyn Road
>>>>>> Deal
>>>>>> Kent
>>>>>> CT14 6QW
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 07811219094
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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