gunzip problem (Was: RE: [BusyBox] tar problems (once again))

[Glenn McGrath]

On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:43:30 +0200 (IST)
Michael Sternberg <michael at dragon.boscom.com> wrote:

> 
> Sorry for my mistake, the problem is in gunzip, not in tar.
> tar just called gunzip when I started it with "z" option
> 
> ~> touch test.txt
> ~> gzip test.txt
> ~> gunzip test.txt.gz
> gunzip: Short read
> ~> ./runtest -v gzip
> PASS: gzip-accepts-multiple-files
> PASS: gzip-accepts-single-minus
> PASS: gzip-removes-original-file
> ~> ./runtest -v gunzip
> FAIL: gunzip-reads-from-standard-input
> 
> Same happens when I'm using "official" gzip.
> 
> Now, when I compile same busybox for Intel
> platform gunzip works..
> 

I ran the testsuite on a ppc machine and the tar and gunzip tests all
pass, so it doesnt look like an architecture specific problem

The fact that the official gzip doesnt work also indicates that its not
architecture specific and that the problem isnt in busybox (unless
busybox and gzip are broken)

I think it must be something specific to your setup, i dont know what
though.



Glenn