Package: lintian Version: 2.5.10.4 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if lintian could report about broken gzip files. The following command can be used to achieve this (on an unpacked binary package):
find -type f -iname \*.gz -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty --null gzip --test As of this report about 70 files (from sid main amd64+all) are affected by this issue. The list below shows files with .gz extension for which decompression failed. This list therefore overlaps with the existing tag gz-file-not-gzip. For example the file from abinit-doc is actually a zip file. abinit-doc|./usr/share/doc/abinit-doc/tests/v5/Input/t22.ddb.in.gz bisonc++-doc|./usr/share/doc/bisonc++-doc/bison-docs/bison.ps.org/bison.ps.gz libc-icap-mod-clamav|./usr/share/doc/libc-icap-mod-clamav/changelog.gz libc-icap-mod-urlcheck|./usr/share/doc/libc-icap-mod-urlcheck/changelog.gz claws-mail-feeds-reader|./usr/share/doc/claws-mail-feeds-reader/NEWS.gz claws-mail-html2-viewer|./usr/share/doc/claws-mail-html2-viewer/NEWS.gz console-setup-mini|./usr/share/console-setup/amiga.ekmap.gz console-setup-mini|./usr/share/console-setup/ataritt.ekmap.gz console-setup-mini|./usr/share/console-setup/pc105.ekbd.gz dxsamples|./usr/share/doc/dxsamples/changelog.gz erlang-meck|./usr/share/doc/erlang-meck/changelog.gz fgfs-atlas|./usr/share/doc/fgfs-atlas/changelog.gz gnomecatalog|./usr/share/doc/gnomecatalog/changelog.gz gwaei|./usr/share/doc/gwaei/changelog.gz libwaei-dev|./usr/share/doc/libwaei-dev/changelog.gz libwaei2|./usr/share/doc/libwaei2/changelog.gz libjodreports-java|./usr/share/doc/libjodreports-java/examples/jodreports-webapp.gz kid3|./usr/share/doc/kid3/NEWS.gz kid3-qt|./usr/share/doc/kid3-qt/NEWS.gz libace-perl|./usr/share/man/man1/ace.1p.gz libclutter-perl|./usr/share/doc/libclutter-perl/changelog.gz nip2|./usr/share/doc/nip2/NEWS.gz openuniverse|./usr/share/doc/openuniverse/NEWS.gz openuniverse|./usr/share/doc/openuniverse/changelog.gz openuniverse-common|./usr/share/doc/openuniverse-common/changelog.gz php5-rrd|./usr/share/doc/php5-rrd/changelog.gz pidgin-mpris|./usr/share/doc/pidgin-mpris/changelog.gz librefdb-sru-perl|./usr/share/doc/librefdb-sru-perl/changelog.gz referencer|./usr/share/doc/referencer/NEWS.gz scim-unikey|./usr/share/doc/scim-unikey/NEWS.gz tabix|./usr/share/doc/tabix/examples/example.gtf.gz translate-toolkit|./usr/share/man/man1/build_tmdb.1.gz gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks|./usr/share/doc/gtk2-engines-ubuntulooks/NEWS.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/psgml-dtds/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/sgml/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/tooltalk/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/debug/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/frame-icon/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/vc-cc/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/slider/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/general-docs/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/mailcrypt/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/sounds-wav/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/ecb/ecb-buffertab.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/sounds-au/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/tm/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/Sun/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/gnats/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/rmail/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/zenirc/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/elib/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/ocaml/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/misc-games/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/games/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/mew/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/sasl/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/emerge/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-basesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/lisp/view-process/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/locale/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/leim/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/egg-its/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/mule-ucs/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/latin-euro-standards/custom-load.el.gz xemacs21-mulesupport-el|./usr/share/xemacs21/mule-packages/lisp/mule-base/custom-load.el.gz xmlstarlet|./usr/share/doc/xmlstarlet/changelog.gz yade|./usr/share/doc/yade/changelog.gz yade-doc|./usr/share/doc/yade-doc/changelog.gz tupi|./usr/share/doc/tupi/changelog.gz tupi-data|./usr/share/doc/tupi-data/changelog.gz tupi-dbg|./usr/share/doc/tupi-dbg/changelog.gz hplip-gui|./usr/share/man/man1/hp-toolbox.1.gz Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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