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Description of problem:

Fail to extract  initrd image of RHEL6.2-20110822.5 and RHEL6.2-20110823.1 through gunzip/gzip


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.2-20110822.5 and RHEL6.2-20110823.1 tree

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Copy initrd.img as initrd.gz

2.Extract initrd.gz

# gunzip initrd.gz 
gzip: initrd.gz: not in gzip format

# file initrd.img 
initrd.img: data

# file initrd.gz
initrd.gz: data

3. Tried step2 with RHEL6.1 initrd.img, it can be extract correctly.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


Additional info:

[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# cp initramfs-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64.img initrd.gz
[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# gunzip initrd.gz 
[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# rm initrd
rm: remove regular file `initrd'? y
[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# cp initramfs-2.6.32-191.el6.x86_64.img initrd.gz
[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# gunzip initrd.gz
[root@intel-s3e37-03 tmp]# 

Trees mentioned above no longer exist on servers AFAICT.  I tried -191 as well without any problems.

WORKSFORME.

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