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Re: bzip2 gzip binaries empty after usage



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On 05/16/07 14:09, Jay Wilton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a new build of debian etch 4.0.  When I try to
> unpack a tar.bz2 file it fails silently.  ala
> tar jxvf example.tar.bz2  , just fails with no error.
> 
> file /bin/bzip2
> /bin/bzip2: empty

An "ls -aFl" example would help.

> I reinstall with a: apt-get install --reinstall bzip2
> and it still happens but not every time.  I have purged
> bzip2 and reinstalled, but it still happens.  This is my
> second install with this problem, so I'm a bit worried.
> 
> The same thing just happened to /bin/gzip.  It seems to
> randomly happen.  Anyone else having this problem?

Randomly happen????

$ dir /bin/bzip2
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 25304 2006-08-25 12:20 /bin/bzip2*

$ dir /bin/gzip
- -rwxr-xr-x 4 root root 53984 2006-12-21 10:17 /bin/gzip*


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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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