[tex-live] TL13: Installation of biblatex-philosophy fails

[Robin Fairbairns]

Ulrike Fischer <news3 at nililand.de> wrote:

> When trying to install the package I get the error
> 
> TLPDB::_install_package: couldn't unpack
> http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/mirrors/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/biblatex-philosophy.tar.xz
> to D:/texlive/2013/texmf-dist
> 
> Before this the update failed on this package. In the tlmgr-gui I
> had a message "trying to unwind" but nothing happened for some time
> and so I closed the manager. 

the file _uncompresses_ ok, and the result is acceptable to tar.

this is both on my site (ctan master for the file) and if i retrieve it
from erlangen using your url.

could this be a "blip" of some sort?  does it repeat?

robin