[boost] [Config?] Cannot download 1.34.1, possibly due to "bug" in file type

From: Peter Bartlett (pete_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-31 05:29:53

Hi,

I just tried to download the 1.34.1 zip from Sourceforge from my  
behind my corporate firewall. That firewall is of the extremely  
zealous type and as part of its virus scan of zip files it checks that  
the "content of the file matches the content type". This check fails  
for at least one file in the boost archive, and this has the effect  
that I am prevented from downloading any of the zip file. Here is all  
the information I have about the failure:

> The transferred file  
> >"http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/boost_1_34_1.zip/boost_1_34_1/libs/config/test/link/bc_gen.sh" >has been blocked by Webwasher, because the content of the file does not match the >content type "application/x-sh" and Webwasher can not correct  
> it.

In my view there is a bug somewhere along the line (boost sources,  
sourceforge, my corporation's firewall software/policies) so I am  
posting this message here in case boost developers can help.

Pete