194126 - file (smite.tar.gz) does not uncompress after download

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Chris Richards]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3; Linux)
Build Identifier: 

The file "smite.tar.gz" will download from the site, but will not uncompress in any OS. The 
download works with IE 6 and Konqueror 3.1. On Windows XP (Service Pack 1), it will not 
uncompress in WinZip or WinAce. Under Linux (Gentoo 1.4 RC), the file will not uncompress 
using 'tar zxvf smite.tar.gz' or any variation thereof. Other tarballs can be downloaded 
successfully in any OS. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the file 
2. Try to uncompress 
Actual Results:  
The file will not open. 

Expected Results:  
It should have opened.

Comment 1

[ken you bitches]

When dling file http://m-net.arbornet.org/~cjr/smite.tar.gz , the file is dled
but is an unreadable archive.  The dl was then tested with IE, and the file
worked as intended.  Therefore, it is concluded that the problem is a Moz
specific problem

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

wfm with win2k build 20030218..

-> Invalid (you must use a maximum 2 weeks old build if you want to report a bug)

Please reopen if you see this with 1.3b or later builds.

Comment 3

[benc]

REOPEN: mozilla 1.3f, win98.

Winzip says it had problem reading the header.

Chris, are the other tarballs you mention as working, do they end in .gz?

Comment 4

[Frankie]

smite.tar.gz downloaded for me as smite.tar (automatically un-gz'ed) in Mac
Mozilla. Then Stuffit autolaunched and untared it. Have you tried lopping off
the .gz suffix and see if it untars?

Possibly related to bug 144334.

Comment 5

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Bill, could the reason for this failure be because ftp doesn't implement the
nsIEncodedChannel.h?

Comment 6

[Willem Semmelink]

I also get corrupted *.tar.gz downloads with Mozilla. 
Had the problem since Version 1.3, and now I use Mozilla 1.5 beta Build ID
2003082704. Using Wndows XP Professional. 

For ALL *tar.gz, the downloaded file is saved as *.tar.gz.tar and cannot be
opened under Winzip, Total Commander, Linux, or Cygwin. No other downloads are
corupted - only tar.gz

Comment 7

[OstGote!]

Old version, no further responses, URL is gone. Resolving as WFM.

Feel free to reopen if you can provide a new URL which does not work with
current builds. There are some issues remaining, see Bug 233047.