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Re: gzip format problem



On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 05:36:07PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote:
> Downloaded gnome2.0-users-guide.tar.gz from the Gnome webpage.  gzip 
> says it is not in gzip format.  apt-get -f install gzip says I have the 
> latest version.  Any suggestions?

Netscape, in particular, is known to silently gunzip things without
telling you or removing the .gz extension. Use 'file' to find out what
it really is.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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