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Article #1341Re: gzip0.8.1 will not unzip unix-zipped files
From: Jason Merrill
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:44
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:44
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>>>>> aoki@madonna.physics.ucla.edu (Ken-ichiro Aoki) writes: > when I use unix-zip and try to unzip using gunzip, I get the following. > g.zip: first entry not deflated or stored--can't extract > zip I used was > Zip 1.0 (29 September 1991) There's your problem; Zip 1.0 uses the Implosion method, which is incompatible with Deflation. gzip only understands Deflation, so is unable to decompress the file. You should upgrade to Zip 1.9 and UnZip 5.?. -- Jason Merrill jason@jarthur.claremont.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!jarthur.claremont.edu!jason From: jason@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jason Merrill) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: Re: gzip0.8.1 will not unzip unix-zipped files Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:44:45 -0500 Organization: Minimal Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <JASON.93Jan25230741@ooze.claremont.edu> References: jason@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jason Merrill)