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x-yuri

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Registered: 2013-01-06

Posts: 160

[SOLVED] abs: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

$ abs
==> Downloading tarballs...
    ==> core...
    ==> extra...
    ==> community...
    ==> multilib...

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

The problem is with the following mirror not returning error code (/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist):

## Score: 8.3, United States
Server = http://archlinux.supsec.org/$repo/os/$arch

Here is the URL abs is trying to download from: http://archlinux.supsec.org/multilib/os … abs.tar.gz Here is the previous URL for comparison: http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/arc … abs.tar.gz

Last edited by x-yuri (2014-12-16 10:08:35)

loafer

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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Re: [SOLVED] abs: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

Would this be more appropriate as a bug report?  It doesn't seem to be a request for help.

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x-yuri

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Registered: 2013-01-06

Posts: 160

Re: [SOLVED] abs: gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

Well, it appears similar bug report already exists.