[Bug 1966849] Re: gzip exec format error under WSL

[Xavier Rodriguez Bores Hardy]

I download the file https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.12.tar.gz
I Untar it tar xvzf with ubuntu 20
I copy all the files to Ubuntu 22
I run the ./configure
I run make
I run sudo make install
I exit the terminal
I log in again
and the new gzip 1.12 work very good

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Title:
  gzip exec format error under WSL

Status in gzip:
  New
Status in gzip package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  gzip version 1.10-4ubuntu3 fails to run under WSL1 on Windows
  19044.1620, making WSL pretty much unusable.

  bash: /usr/bin/gzip: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: gzip 1.10-4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Microsoft 4.4.0-19041.1237-Microsoft 4.4.35
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  Date: Tue Mar 29 06:40:33 2022
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
  SourcePackage: gzip
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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