Known Issue: Container Image Inventory Tool (imgtrack) version 1.0.1 fails with error: "gzip: stdin: not in gzip format" (IOK-929813)

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Summary

The Container Image Inventory Tool imgtrack that is shipped with FlexNet Manager Suite 2022 R1 fails when it is executed. Output from the tool shows error details like the following:

imgtrack: checking ndtrack support for linuxx86_64
gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child died with signal 13
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
imgtrack: ERROR: no ndtrack supporting linuxx86_64

Workaround

The imgtrack file contains a shell script with some embedded binary content. It can be modified using a command such as the following to stop this issue from occurring:

sed -i -e 's/tail +/tail -n +/g' -e 's/NR + 1/NR + 2/g' imgtrack

Additional information

See the following page for further information about imgtrack: Container Image Inventory Tool imgtrack.

Fix status

This issue has been fixed in the following FlexNet Manager Suite releases: 2022 R1.4 / Aug 2022 (Cloud), 2022 R2 (On Premises)

Other information

Affected components: Agent, Containers, Inventory

Master issue ID: IOK-929813

Also known as: FNML-76746