On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 01:03:26AM -0600, techlists wrote:
> I have had a rescent problem where gzip nolonger works on my woody
> server. it seg faults.
Hi, techlists.
Once gzip gets f*** up, the system is almost unusable. My few $0.01
are:
(0) Backup the current /bin/gzip, so you can investigate the problem
further.
(1) Try to get /bin/gzip from another computer, or
(2) download the gzip .deb, and decompress it using an app linked with
zlib (/bin/gzip doesn't use zlib, it seems), or
(3) boot off the rescue cd/floppy/whatever, and copy its /bin/gzip over
your /bin/gzip, or unpack it from the gzip*.deb (don't forget the
libraries it depends on).
(4) Install the real gzip, from your chosen distribution flavour.
(5) Compare the two binaries, find the problem, fail a bug possibly.
HTH.
Jan.
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