Thanks for letting us know the issue is resolved. This issue was fixed as pointed out in tar 1.25:
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6595 All ubuntu versions from Ubuntu Oneiric, use tar 1.26 so I'm marking this as fixed. ** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/70610 Title: Unable to uncompress .Z files without a "compress" binary To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tar/+bug/70610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs