Subject: Re: bin/32105: gzip exits with non-zero status for >=4GB input.
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/18/2005 15:55:34
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:50:00PM +0000, Atsushi Onoe wrote:
> [...]
>
> For compatibility of scripts written before, and interoperability
> of gnu-gzip, it should not claims for >=4GB input and should
> exit with 0, IMHO.
The current state will also probably cause problems with tools using gzip
in a pipe, like amanda and tar (I don't know if bacula uses the gzip binary
or libz).
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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