From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 30 20:43:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA18694 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:43:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pollux.loco.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA18689 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:43:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by pollux.loco.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA24463; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:06:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199805010306.XAA24463@pollux.loco.net> Subject: Re: uncompress problem. In-Reply-To: <3548C4C6.899EA88D@ms11.hinet.net> from Doug Lo at "May 1, 98 02:36:54 am" To: jwlo@ms11.hinet.net (Doug Lo) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:06:29 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: CyberPeasant Reply-To: djv@bedford.net X-no-archive: yes X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi, > > I got a uncompress problem. When I uncompress files or run pkg_add to add the > package, > it got: > > gzip: stdout: Broken pipe > tar: child returned status 1 > > But it still can uncompress the file, would anyone tell me why? this is not really serious. It is caused by some sort of incorrect null padding in the file, and does not affect the validity of the uncompressed file. Gzip is expecting some nulls, but they're not there. Don't worry. Dave -- <----. mailto/pgpfinger: djv@bedford.net <----|=================================== <----' Crathva fxrjre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message