This was determined to be a bug in the WSL1 ELF loader and fix is inbound from the WSL side. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4461#issuecomment-536023805
Please close on Ubuntu. ** Bug watch added: github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues #4461 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4461 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843479 Title: gzip in Ubuntu Eoan results in Exec format error on WSL1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gzip/+bug/1843479/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs