https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865696 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865696#c0 Summary: tar does not work with gz files Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: illumilore@gmail.com QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 When attempting to open a file using tar, I get an error:$ tar -zxvf linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1.gz tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Given that gzip can successfully decompress the file, tar should be able according to the man page. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.