GNU bug report logs - #23023
Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and Gzip 1.3.12

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Kishan c Gollapudi" <kgollap <at> us.ibm.com>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Cc: Cecile Madsen <madsen <at> us.ibm.com>
Subject: Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and  Gzip 1.3.12
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:16:54 -0800

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Hi,
    I have a question that maybe a bug or not.

We ship a product that installs using gzip. the product name is
IBM_DataReplDash_11.3.3.0_Linux_x86.bin.
Our build machine that build our product is linux enterprise red hat 6.6
sentiago which includes gzip 1.3.12 (output of gzip -V is 1.3.12).

We have a customer who installed our product and has the version gzip 1.3.3
and who gets the following error even though the download
was done in binary format.

Problem Description/Reason for Collaboration:
When customer tried to install latest dashboard using
IBM_DataReplDash_11.3.3.0_Linux_x86.bin, he gets the following
error:
Preparing to
install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer
archive...
Unpacking the
JRE...
gzip: /tmp/install.dir.24732/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z:
invalid
compressed data--crc
error /tmp/install.dir.24732/Linux/resource/vm.tar.
Z: not in compressed format
gzip: /tmp/install.dir.
24732/Linux/resource/vm.tar.Z: invalid compressed data--crc error
The
included VM could not be uncompressed (GZIP/UNCOMPRESS). Please try
to
download the installer again and make sure that you download
using
'binary' mode. Please do not attempt to install this
currently
downloaded copy

File permission bits is set to
777 for IBM_DataReplDash_11.3.3.0_Linux_x86.bin

Someone in test downloaded and installed successfully on his
Linux which was the exact version as the customer.  We compared
his
CHECKSUM on the ftp'ed copy to the successful implementation
in
test.  They were
identical.

In viewing the error information and traces,the tester noted the
following:

linux is Redhat 6.7
Santiago.
Customer's gzip version is:   gzip  -V  gzip
1.3.3  (2002-03-08)                                                                   


The successful test from the test has a gzip version of
gzip -V   gzip
1.3.12

Not finding any other differences, we wondered if that back-level
of
gzip would cause the problem????!

Thanks in advance for your response.. our customer is asking
us so we'll appreciate any input..

Thanks,
Kishan Chaitanya Gollapudi
555 bailey Avenue ,
San Jose, CA - 95141
Ph: 408-463-4763

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Message #8 received at 23023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Kishan c Gollapudi <kgollap <at> us.ibm.com>, 23023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Cecile Madsen <madsen <at> us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: bug#23023: Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and Gzip
 1.3.12
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:43:30 -0700

On 03/15/2016 01:16 PM, Kishan c Gollapudi wrote:
> Not finding any other differences, we wondered if that back-level
> of
> gzip would cause the problem????!

Doesn't ring a bell. Anything's possible.

RHEL 6.7 has gzip 1.3.12 so it is a bit odd that your customer is 
running 1.3.3. 1.3.3 is reeeally old and has a lot of security bugs. The 
GNU project no longer distributes 1.3.3, even as an old release, so we 
can't easily debug any problems involving 1.3.3. Maybe the customer has 
an old user-installed binary of gzip 1.3.3? If so, I'd be suspicious of 
it, and suggest removing it and using the gzip that comes with RHEL.

Message #11 received at 23023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Kishan c Gollapudi" <kgollap <at> us.ibm.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 23023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Cecile Madsen <madsen <at> us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: bug#23023: Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and Gzip
 1.3.12
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:00:39 -0800

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Hi Paul,

Thanks a lot for the quick response . We will forward this message to the
customer.

Thanks,
Kishan



From:	Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To:	Kishan c Gollapudi/Silicon Valley/IBM <at> IBMUS,
            23023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc:	Cecile Madsen/Santa Teresa/IBM <at> IBMUS
Date:	03/15/2016 01:53 PM
Subject:	Re: bug#23023: Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and
            Gzip 1.3.12



On 03/15/2016 01:16 PM, Kishan c Gollapudi wrote:
> Not finding any other differences, we wondered if that back-level
> of
> gzip would cause the problem????!

Doesn't ring a bell. Anything's possible.

RHEL 6.7 has gzip 1.3.12 so it is a bit odd that your customer is
running 1.3.3. 1.3.3 is reeeally old and has a lot of security bugs. The
GNU project no longer distributes 1.3.3, even as an old release, so we
can't easily debug any problems involving 1.3.3. Maybe the customer has
an old user-installed binary of gzip 1.3.3? If so, I'd be suspicious of
it, and suggest removing it and using the gzip that comes with RHEL.

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Message #16 received at 23023-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 23023-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Cecile Madsen <madsen <at> us.ibm.com>,
 Kishan c Gollapudi <kgollap <at> us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: bug#23023: Compatibility between 1.3.3 gzip'ed file and Gzip
 1.3.12
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:43:45 -0700

tags 23023 notabug
done

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 03/15/2016 01:16 PM, Kishan c Gollapudi wrote:
>>
>> Not finding any other differences, we wondered if that back-level
>> of
>> gzip would cause the problem????!
>
>
> Doesn't ring a bell. Anything's possible.
>
> RHEL 6.7 has gzip 1.3.12 so it is a bit odd that your customer is running
> 1.3.3. 1.3.3 is reeeally old and has a lot of security bugs. The GNU project
> no longer distributes 1.3.3, even as an old release, so we can't easily
> debug any problems involving 1.3.3. Maybe the customer has an old
> user-installed binary of gzip 1.3.3? If so, I'd be suspicious of it, and
> suggest removing it and using the gzip that comes with RHEL.

Thanks for the report.
I'm marking the auto-created issue as "done" and "not a bug",
since it does not appear to be a problem with any recent version.

You're welcome to continue replying here, and we'll all still be
able to discuss. FYI, it's all archived at http://bugs.gnu.org/23023

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