user/3365: gzexe doesn't work

From: Alf Schlichting <leopold-bloom(at)foni.net>
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 21:55:33 EDT

>Number: 3365
>Category: user
>Synopsis: gzexe doesn't produce usable executables
>Confidential: yes
net
>Environment:

        System      : OpenBSD 3.3
        Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
        Machine     : i386

>Description:

        Ok, a little late because it goes away anyway, but ...
        gzexe produces unusable executables which die with
        "gzip: /dev/stdin: Inappropriate file type or format"

>How-To-Repeat:

        gzexe , then try to run 

        Why 17 in the following patch? /usr/bin/tail
        gets confused by the line "#!/bin/sh" and doesn't
        count it.

>Fix:

Apply the following patch:

• gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzexe.orig Thu Jul 24 01:08:41 2003 +++ gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzexe Thu Jul 24 01:20:16 2003 @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ if test $decomp -eq 0; then sed 1q "$0" > $tmp sed "s|^if tail|if $tail|" >> $tmp <<'EOF' -skip=14 +skip=17 tmpdir=`/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/gzexeXXXXXXXXXX` || { - rm -f ${tmp} + rm -f ${tmpdir} exit 1 } prog="${tmpdir}/`echo \"$0\" | sed 's|^.*/||'`"

>Release-Note:
Received on Wed Jul 23 20:19:16 2003