>Number:         26246
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       gzip(1) broken on (at least) NetBSD-sparc64
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 11 13:39:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0G 2004-07-11 sources
>Organization:
Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD sheridan.zhadum.de 2.0G NetBSD 2.0G (SHERIDAN) #0: Sun Jul 11 14:19:50 CEST 2004 tron@lyssa.zhadum.de:/export/scratch/tron/build.00766a/sys/compile/SHERIDAN sparc64
Architecture: sparc64
Machine: sparc64
>Description:
gzip(1) doesn't work reliable on NetBSD-sparc64 anymore:

tron@sheridan:/scratch/netbsd/20040711-2.0G/sparc64/binary/sets>gzip -tv *.tgz
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
base.tgz:         OK
comp.tgz:         OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
etc.tgz:          OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
games.tgz:        OK
kern-GENERIC.tgz:         OK
man.tgz:          OK
misc.tgz:         OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
text.tgz:         OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
xbase.tgz:        OK
xcomp.tgz:        OK
xetc.tgz:         OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
xfont.tgz:        OK
gzip: invalid compressed data--crc error
xserver.tgz:      OK
tron@sheridan:/scratch/netbsd/20040711-2.0G/sparc64/binary/sets>/tmp/gzip -tv *.tgz
base.tgz:         OK
comp.tgz:         OK
etc.tgz:          OK
games.tgz:        OK
kern-GENERIC.tgz:         OK
man.tgz:          OK
misc.tgz:         OK
text.tgz:         OK
xbase.tgz:        OK
xcomp.tgz:        OK
xetc.tgz:         OK
xfont.tgz:        OK
xserver.tgz:      OK

"/tmp/gzip" ist from a NetBSD 2.0_BETA snapshot.

A binary compiled from the same sources works on NetBSD-i386:

tron@lyssa:/scratch/netbsd/20040711-2.0G/sparc64/binary/sets>uname -a
NetBSD lyssa.zhadum.de 2.0G NetBSD 2.0G (LYSSA) #0: Sun Jul 11 10:23:40 CEST 2004  tron@lyssa.zhadum.de:/src/sys/compile/LYSSA i386
tron@lyssa:/scratch/netbsd/20040711-2.0G/sparc64/binary/sets>gzip -tv *.tgz
base.tgz:         OK
comp.tgz:         OK
etc.tgz:          OK
games.tgz:        OK
kern-GENERIC.tgz:         OK
man.tgz:          OK
misc.tgz:         OK
text.tgz:         OK
xbase.tgz:        OK
xcomp.tgz:        OK
xetc.tgz:         OK
xfont.tgz:        OK
xserver.tgz:      OK

I've also tested these archives with NetBSD 1.6.2_STABLE and NetBSD 2.0_BETA
gzip(1) binaries to be 100% sure that they are not corrupt.

>How-To-Repeat:
Use gzip(1) on NetBSD-sparc64 systems and watch it printing out random
CRC errors.

>Fix:
None known.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: