The following reply was made to PR bin/31346; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/31346 gzip erroneously indicates total failure on 4GB
 archives
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 09:28:34 +0200

 Even with the provided 'maybe_gripe()' patch applied to netbsd-3, Amanda
 gives me a
 
 FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
 
 /-- pizza      sd2e lev 0 STRANGE
 sendbackup: start [pizza:sd2e level 0]
 sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump
 sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... -
 sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz
 sendbackup: info end
 |   DUMP: Found /dev/rsd2e on /u1 in /etc/fstab
 |   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat Oct  1 04:20:37 2005
 |   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
 |   DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd2e (/u1) to standard output
 |   DUMP: Label: none
 |   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
 |   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
 |   DUMP: estimated 4890001 tape blocks.
 |   DUMP: Volume 1 started at: Sat Oct  1 04:21:01 2005
 |   DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories]
 |   DUMP: 4.58% done, finished in 1:44
 |   DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
 |   DUMP: 7.15% done, finished in 3:21
 |   DUMP: 10.46% done, finished in 2:55
 |   DUMP: 13.40% done, finished in 2:44
 |   DUMP: 17.40% done, finished in 2:24
 |   DUMP: 20.56% done, finished in 2:17
 |   DUMP: 21.93% done, finished in 2:24
 |   DUMP: 23.45% done, finished in 2:28
 |   DUMP: 24.84% done, finished in 2:32
 |   DUMP: 26.45% done, finished in 2:34
 |   DUMP: 28.07% done, finished in 2:35
 |   DUMP: 29.87% done, finished in 2:33
 |   DUMP: 32.55% done, finished in 2:26
 |   DUMP: 36.12% done, finished in 2:13
 |   DUMP: 39.84% done, finished in 2:01
 |   DUMP: 44.40% done, finished in 1:47
 |   DUMP: 48.85% done, finished in 1:34
 |   DUMP: 53.38% done, finished in 1:23
 |   DUMP: 57.82% done, finished in 1:13
 |   DUMP: 62.26% done, finished in 1:03
 |   DUMP: 66.46% done, finished in 0:55
 |   DUMP: 70.66% done, finished in 0:47
 |   DUMP: 75.19% done, finished in 0:39
 |   DUMP: 79.39% done, finished in 0:32
 |   DUMP: 83.80% done, finished in 0:25
 |   DUMP: 88.19% done, finished in 0:18
 |   DUMP: 92.69% done, finished in 0:11
 |   DUMP: 97.06% done, finished in 0:04
 |   DUMP: 4889851 tape blocks
 |   DUMP: Volume 1 completed at: Sat Oct  1 06:49:47 2005
 |   DUMP: Volume 1 took 2:28:46
 |   DUMP: Volume 1 transfer rate: 547 KB/s
 |   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat Oct  1 04:20:37 2005
 |   DUMP: Date this dump completed:  Sat Oct  1 06:49:47 2005
 |   DUMP: Average transfer rate: 547 KB/s
 |   DUMP: level 0 dump on Sat Oct  1 04:20:37 2005
 |   DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
 ? gzip: input file size >= 4GB cannot be saved: Operation not supported
 sendbackup: size 4889851
 sendbackup: end
 \--------
 
 which I feel is a change for the worse (netbsd-3 as of 06-2005 didn't have
 it) and not really acceptable.
 
 	hauke
 
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