Bug 110428 - gunzip fails with error on valid compressed files
Summary: gunzip fails with error on valid compressed files
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gzip
Version: 2.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ivana Varekova
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-11-19 15:27 UTC by Nick Strugnell
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-07-01 07:19:05 UTC
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Description Nick Strugnell 2003-11-19 15:27:14 UTC 
Description of problem: 
 
gunzip fails on decompressing lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz from 
http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle9i/htdocs/linuxsoft.html 
with following error: 
 
gunzip: lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz: invalid compressed data--format 
violated 
 
This archive unpacks fine on RHEL 3AS using gzip-1.3.3-9 
 
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 
 
1.3-15 
 
How reproducible: 
 
always 
 
Steps to Reproduce: 
1. Download indicated file from OTN 
2. gunzip 
3. 
   
Actual results: 
 
Error message reported above 
 
Expected results: 
 
successful unpack of file 
Additional info:
Comment 2 Tomas Mraz 2005-03-22 13:11:28 UTC 
How big is the file compressed and uncompressed? Do you have any other file
which fails on 2.1 and gunzips fine on RHEL3 as the lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz is no
longer on the Oracle web page.
Comment 3 Ivana Varekova 2005-07-01 07:19:05 UTC 
I'm closing this bug. 
If anybody can reproduce this problem feel free to reopen this bug.
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