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Author flox
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Date 2010-06-11.21:48:51
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Message-id <1276292933.37.0.137444086026.issue8978@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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When Python is compiled without zlib support, the error message is not very helpful when trying to untar an archive.

>>> tarfile.open('sample.tar.gz')
tarfile.ReadError: file could not be opened successfully

It happens when you run "python distribute_setup.py", for example.
 ( http://s3.pixane.com/pip_distribute.png )
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