s.chava@wcom.com (Srinivasa Rao Chava) writes:
> I have postgresql7.1.2 on system now(sunOs5.6). I downloaded
> postgresql7.1.3 from one of the ftp mirror site. When I try to gunzip
> it, it is giving the following error
> gunzip: postgresql-7.1.3.tar.gz: invalid compressed data--format
> violated
Sounds like your downloaded file is munged; possibly a bit dropped,
possibly a text-instead-of-binary transfer. Try again, perhaps
with a different downloading tool.
regards, tom lane