Subject: bin/25507: NetBSD's gzip -t behaviour
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: None <seb@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/09/2004 11:58:13
>Number:         25507
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       NetBSD's gzip -t behaviour
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun May 09 09:59:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stoned Elipot
>Release:        NetBSD 2.0E
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD runabout 2.0E NetBSD 2.0E (RUNABOUT) #0: Fri May 7 21:02:16 CEST 2004 seb@runabout:/u/seb/src/RUNABOUT/kernel/compile i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
NetBSD's gzip -t mode always outputs a status message when GNU gzip
outputs one only when -v is also specified.
NetBSD's gzip -tv always says it is testing "(stdin)".
>How-To-Repeat:
$ /usr/bin/gzip -V 
NetBSD gzip 20040427
$ /tmp/gnu-gzip -V                                                             
gnu-gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
Compilation options:
DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H ASMV 
$ echo foo > foo                               
$ /usr/bin/gzip foo
$ /usr/bin/gzip -t foo.gz
(stdin):          OK
$ /tmp/gnu-gzip -t foo.gz                                                      
$ /usr/bin/gzip -tv foo.gz
(stdin):          OK
$ /tmp/gnu-gzip -tv foo.gz 
foo.gz:                  OK
$
>Fix:
None provided.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: