Confirmed, this bug exists in Maverick. In my particular case, it is GNU tar which produces the above stated output, and it is the file-roller GUI which works properly.
My archive file, however, contains un-distributable sources from a colleague, and I cannot post it here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129314 Title: Cannot open tgz archive from FreeBSD -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs