Bug #67791 for Variable-Magic: Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd

Wed Apr 27 11:31:59 2011 paul.a.liebert [...] hp.com - Ticket created

Subject:

Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd

Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz appears to have been gzip'd twice: $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - tar: Archive is compressed. Use -z option tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xzf - Ok This on RedHat5 Linux lxcvipal.cv.hp.com 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Tue Mar 16 21:52:39 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Wed Apr 27 13:16:56 2011 vpit [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Le Mer 27 Avr 2011 11:31:59, paauull a écrit : Show quoted text

> Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz appears to have been gzip'd twice: >

Hello. Thanks for your report. However, given that it was tested in a large number of platforms without problems (see http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Variable-Magic+0.46), I suspect that the problem might be on your side. Show quoted text

> $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - > tar: Archive is compressed. Use -z option > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xzf - > Ok >

Did you mean to use gunzip instead of gzip ? Vincent.

Wed Apr 27 13:16:57 2011 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Apr 27 16:13:02 2011 paul.a.liebert [...] hp.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #67791] Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:12:19 +0000
To:	"bug-Variable-Magic [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Variable-Magic [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Liebert, Paul A" <paul.a.liebert [...] hp.com>

Hi Vincent Yes, I meant gunzip in the bug report. I do still stand by the original claim that something is wrong. Apparent I do things differently than the smoker. Here is a verbatim cut from shell: :lxcvipal:unpack$ tar -xzf Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - tar: Archive is compressed. Use -z option tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xzf - :lxcvipal:unpack$ I understand your scepticism based on the smoker results, but I am at a loss to explain my observations. Feel free to discard my issue, just FYI if someone else sees a problem. Best regards -Paul Show quoted text

-----Original Message----- From: Vincent Pit via RT [mailto:bug-Variable-Magic@rt.cpan.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:17 AM To: Liebert, Paul A Subject: [rt.cpan.org #67791] Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67791 > Le Mer 27 Avr 2011 11:31:59, paauull a écrit :

> Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz appears to have been gzip'd twice: >

Hello. Thanks for your report. However, given that it was tested in a large number of platforms without problems (see http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Variable-Magic+0.46), I suspect that the problem might be on your side.

> $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - > tar: Archive is compressed. Use -z option > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > $ gzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xzf - > Ok >

Did you mean to use gunzip instead of gzip ? Vincent.

Wed Apr 27 16:46:28 2011 vpit [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Le Mer 27 Avr 2011 16:13:02, paauull a écrit : Show quoted text

> Hi Vincent > > Yes, I meant gunzip in the bug report. I do still stand > by the original claim that something is wrong. Apparent I do things > differently than the smoker. Here is a verbatim cut from shell: > :lxcvipal:unpack$ tar -xzf Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz > tar: This > does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit > delayed from previous errors > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < > Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - > tar: Archive is > compressed. Use -z option > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting > now > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar > -xzf - > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ > > I understand your scepticism based > on the smoker results, but I am at a loss to explain my observations. > Feel free to discard my issue, just FYI if someone else sees a > problem.

I can see two possible causes : - You downloaded a corrupted copy of the archive, either because of the transfer or because it is corrupted on the CPAN mirror. Make sure the checksums are correct : MD5 : 1e3c169cf8392e5c96e826e44fdeda6d SHA1 : 27e35d10633dbfbb09db9d98ca5c10291f76bfa8 SHA256 : 780cf9b6326fa25d156255dff0efa1bf0d2bfde172e1203785c0426b945d0e7d If that's the case, could you tell me which CPAN mirror are you using ? - Your tar utility may be too old or buggy. I'm using GNU tar version 1.26 and "tar -xzf" uncompresses the file correctly. Which version are you using ? Could you try just running "gunzip Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz" and then "file" on the resulting tar archive ? Vincent.

Wed Apr 27 16:54:51 2011 paul.a.liebert [...] hp.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #67791] Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:54:12 +0000
To:	"bug-Variable-Magic [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Variable-Magic [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Liebert, Paul A" <paul.a.liebert [...] hp.com>

Hi Vincent My checksums are different. A fresh download gives me checksums that match yours. Apparently I goofed up the original download. Sorry for wasting your time. Nice module BTW. -Paul Show quoted text

-----Original Message----- From: Vincent Pit via RT [mailto:bug-Variable-Magic@rt.cpan.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 1:46 PM To: Liebert, Paul A Subject: [rt.cpan.org #67791] Download from cpan for Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz is double gzip'd <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67791 > Le Mer 27 Avr 2011 16:13:02, paauull a écrit :

> Hi Vincent > > Yes, I meant gunzip in the bug report. I do still stand > by the original claim that something is wrong. Apparent I do things > differently than the smoker. Here is a verbatim cut from shell: > :lxcvipal:unpack$ tar -xzf Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz > tar: This > does not look like a tar archive > tar: Skipping to next header > tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers > tar: Error exit > delayed from previous errors > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < > Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar -xf - > tar: Archive is > compressed. Use -z option > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting > now > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ gunzip < Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz | tar > -xzf - > > :lxcvipal:unpack$ > > I understand your scepticism based > on the smoker results, but I am at a loss to explain my observations. > Feel free to discard my issue, just FYI if someone else sees a > problem.

I can see two possible causes : - You downloaded a corrupted copy of the archive, either because of the transfer or because it is corrupted on the CPAN mirror. Make sure the checksums are correct : MD5 : 1e3c169cf8392e5c96e826e44fdeda6d SHA1 : 27e35d10633dbfbb09db9d98ca5c10291f76bfa8 SHA256 : 780cf9b6326fa25d156255dff0efa1bf0d2bfde172e1203785c0426b945d0e7d If that's the case, could you tell me which CPAN mirror are you using ? - Your tar utility may be too old or buggy. I'm using GNU tar version 1.26 and "tar -xzf" uncompresses the file correctly. Which version are you using ? Could you try just running "gunzip Variable-Magic-0.46.tar.gz" and then "file" on the resulting tar archive ? Vincent.

Fri Jul 29 10:56:08 2011 vpit [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Fri Jul 29 10:56:08 2011 vpit [...] cpan.org - Severity Normal deleted

Fri Jul 29 10:56:08 2011 vpit [...] cpan.org - Broken in 0.46 deleted