Well, it thinks the file exists, but it can't be opened. Sounds quite odd.

I'd recommend doing a `sudo port clean --all shorten` and then try installing again.

On Jan 29, 2007, at 11:52 AM, Mack Johnson wrote:

can anyone tell me what this means.

sudo port install shorten
---> Verifying checksum(s) for shorten
Error: Target com.apple.checksum returned: Could not open file: /opt/local/var/db/dports/distfiles/shorten/shorten-3.6.0.tar.gz
Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.