Re: [groff] infinite loop with groff + mom

[Peter Schaffter]

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.

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