Re: [groff] infinite loop with groff + mom

[Ulrich Lauther]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 11:49:51AM -0500, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017, Ulrich Lauther wrote:
> > However, the file mom-2.2-a.tar.gz is NOT a gzipped tar file. It is just 
> > plain tar:
> > 
> >         file mom-2.2-a.tar.gz gives:
> > 
> >         mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
> 
> Interesting.  I checked that my ftp client (lftp) wasn't deflating
> the archive and re-uploaded.  I then downloaded the file via ftp,
> first at the command line and then using KDE Dolphin.  In both
> cases, file(1) reported 
> 
>   mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: gzip compressed data
> 
> Next, I downloaded the file using wget(1) and KDE's Konqueror.
> Again, file(1) reported
> 
>   mom-2.2-a.tar.gz: gzip compressed data
> 
> Lastly, I downloaded the file from the Opera browser, and hey,
> presto!, file(1) reported
> 
>   mom-2.2-a (1).tar.gz: POSIX tar archive (GNU)
> 
> If anyone knows why this is, I'll be glad of the knowledge.
> 
I don't no either, but, yes, I downloaded using Opera.

Cheers,

  ulrich