Unzipping Problems

I'm getting errors when I try to unzip nhc 1.14. Is there really something wrong or am I just being incompetent? Dominic. djs25@compsci-lt2:~$ tar -xzvf nhc98-1.14-ix86-Linux.tar.gz nhc98-1.14/ nhc98-1.14/Makefile.inc nhc98-1.14/Makefile nhc98-1.14/README nhc98-1.14/INSTALL nhc98-1.14/COPYRIGHT nhc98-1.14/configure nhc98-1.14/lib/ nhc98-1.14/lib/ix86-Linux/ nhc98-1.14/lib/ix86-Linux/config nhc98-1.14/lib/ix86-Linux/hmake-PRAGMA tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors djs25@compsci-lt2:~$ djs25@compsci-lt2:~$ tar -xzvf nhc98src-1.14.tar.gz nhc98-1.14/ nhc98-1.14/Makefile.inc nhc98-1.14/Makefile nhc98-1.14/README nhc98-1.14/INSTALL nhc98-1.14/COPYRIGHT nhc98-1.14/configure nhc98-1.14/src/ nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/ nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/Makefile nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/Makefile.hat nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/Makefile.inc nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/AssocTree.hs nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/AuxFile.hs nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/AuxFixity.hs nhc98-1.14/src/compiler98/AuxLabelAST.hs tar: Skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors djs25@compsci-lt2:~$

I'm getting errors when I try to unzip nhc 1.14. Is there really something wrong or am I just being incompetent?
First, check that the ftp download was correct. If the sizes don't match, then either the process was truncated early, or it was in ASCII mode rather than binary. 6202862 nhc98src-1.14.tar.gz 5296472 nhc98-1.14-ix86-Linux.tar.gz
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
Then check is it GNU tar? Does a simple gzip -d on the file work ok? Regards, Malcolm
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