[Bug 393987] Re: unsupported compression method 98

[Dominik Viererbe]

Bug is still present in 22.04, 22.10, 23.04 and in my merge candidate for 23.10
https://code.launchpad.net/~dviererbe/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+git/unzip/+merge/443804

$ wget https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/393987/+attachment/617789/+files/readme.zip
$ unzip readme.zip
Archive:  readme.zip
   skipping: readme.txt              `PPMd' method not supported

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Title:
  unsupported compression method 98

Status in unzip package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in unzip package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: unzip

  Using file-roller (or just unzip) to extract the attached archive, I
  get this error:

  skipping: readme.txt              unsupported compression method 98

  The archive was made on Windows with Winzip.

  According to http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT :
  98 - PPMd version I, Rev 1

  There is a discussion about this type of compression at
  http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2009-May/023367.html

  unzip is 5.52-12ubuntu1 from Jaunty.

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