Public bug reported: I tired to open http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.19.tar.gz/db001e7d17b68fef22f66beb68beb114/xscreensaver-5.19.tar.gz with $ tar -tf xscreensaver-5.19.tar.gz I get the following:
tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors But this works: $ gzip -d xscreensaver-5.19.tar.gz $ tar -tf xscreensaver-5.19.tar This works too: $ tar -tf xscreensaver-5.18.tar.gz with the file from http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.18.tar.gz/92eccee4bf6cd8bc6c0de98c1b3107fa/xscreensaver-5.18.tar.gz So tar can open tar.gz files and xscreensaver-5.19.tar.gz is readable, but tar can't open this file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: tar 1.26-4ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Aug 17 12:21:13 2012 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: tar UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (107 days ago) ** Affects: tar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038024 Title: tar considers tar.gz as tar and fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/1038024/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
