update : i installed xarchiver on ubuntu & tried extracting the 2 files in the links posted above by me but the results were exactly the same as with file-roller.
i thought maybe the source files in the above links from hard disk sentinel are corrupted so i downloaded both the above mentioned files on a windows computer & tried extracting them with 7zip. the results were flawless, the extraction was successful & the contents worked perfectly. bottom line, both gnome archive manager / file-roller & xarchiver failed to extract the above mentioned .gz files on ubuntu 20.04.2 waiting in anticipation for a resolution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1929304 Title: file-roller / gnome archive manager fails to extract Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: problem occurs with : a) ubuntu 20.04.2 | gnome version 3.36.8 | X11 b) fedora 34 | gnome 40.0.1 | wayland the latest version of gnome archive manager which is 3.36.3 fails to extract a .gz file which it used to do earlier. here are 2 links to 2 separate versions of hard disk sentinel linux version : 1. https://www.hdsentinel.com/hdslin/hdsentinel-018c.gz 2. https://www.hdsentinel.com/hdslin/hdsentinel-019c-x64.gz when i try to extract both the above mentioned files by right clicking & then extract here all i get is an empty folder with nothing extracted in it. if i open the gnome archive manager 3.36.3 from the applications menu & then try to extract the 1st file hard disk sentinel version 018c the extraction is successful. but if i open the gnome archive manager 3.36.3 from the applications menu & then try to extract the 2nd file hard disk sentinel version 019c it only makes a copy of the .gz file. the earlier version of gnome archive manager which is default / built-in the ubuntu 20.04.2 iso did not have this problem it is only after the update that the gnome archive manager fails to perform. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1929304/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
