Debian bug report logs - #1090, boring messages

Subject: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6
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Package: gzip
version: 1.2.4
revision: 6

gzip exits with a status of 2, which will kill makefiles and anything
else that looks at the exit status of programs called within it.
A work-around until it is fixed is to pipe it through true:

	gzip -9fr dir/|true

should work.


Jim

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Subject: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6
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James A. Robinson writes ("Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6"):
> Package: gzip
> version: 1.2.4
> revision: 6
>
> gzip exits with a status of 2, which will kill makefiles and anything
> else that looks at the exit status of programs called within it.
> A work-around until it is fixed is to pipe it through true:
> 	gzip -9fr dir/|true
> should work.

Just to clarify, I think Jim Robinson meant to report this bug against
1.2.6-4 and transposed the version number.  I'm running 1.2.4-6 and it
works for me.

Jim Robinson: if you did mean 1.2.4-6 I'd be happy to see a transcript
so I can try to reproduce the bug, which would then appear to be
context-sensitive.

Ian.

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Subject: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 10:02:13 -0400
From: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>


> Just to clarify, I think Jim Robinson meant to report this bug against
> 1.2.6-4 and transposed the version number.  I'm running 1.2.4-6 and it
> works for me.
>
> Jim Robinson: if you did mean 1.2.4-6 I'd be happy to see a transcript
> so I can try to reproduce the bug, which would then appear to be
> context-sensitive.

I don't think there is a 1.2.6 gzip out.  I'm using the latest gzip,
and I believe it is the same as the one on another machine I have on
the net (and gauss *does* have 1.2.4-6).  A transcript is below.  I
originally ran it through strace and saw the exit(2), but Ian's method
of tracking the exit status is so much easier... Learn something new
every day! :)

[gauss:~]$ gzip --version
gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
Compilation options:
DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H ASMV

[gauss:~]$ ls test
test.aux  test.dvi  test.log  test.ps   test.tex

[gauss:~]$ gzip -9fr test/

[gauss:~]$ echo $?
2

[gauss:~]$ ls test
test.aux.gz  test.dvi.gz  test.log.gz  test.ps.gz   test.tex.gz

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Subject: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6
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James A. Robinson writes ("Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6"):
> [gauss:~]$ gzip --version
> gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
> Compilation options:
> DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H ASMV
>
> [gauss:~]$ ls test
> test.aux  test.dvi  test.log  test.ps   test.tex
>
> [gauss:~]$ gzip -9fr test/
>
> [gauss:~]$ echo $?
> 2
>
> [gauss:~]$ ls test
> test.aux.gz  test.dvi.gz  test.log.gz  test.ps.gz   test.tex.gz

Ah, I see from my experiments that it only happens if you say `-f' !

Ian.

chiark:~/in> cp /usr/doc/HOWTO/COPYRIGHT /usr/doc/copyright/GPL test/.
chiark:~/in> ls test
COPYRIGHT  GPL
chiark:~/in> gzip --version
gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
Compilation options:
DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H ASMV
chiark:~/in> gzip -9fr test
chiark:~/in> echo $?
2
chiark:~/in> ls -al test
total 17
drwxrwsr-x   2 ian      ian          1024 Jul 13 02:01 ./
drwxrwsr-x   5 ian      ian          8192 Jul 13 02:01 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 ian      ian           618 Jul 13 02:01 COPYRIGHT.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ian      ian          6832 Jul 13 02:01 GPL.gz
chiark:~/in> df .
Filesystem         1024-blocks  Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sdb4             251839  238836        0    100%   /u
chiark:~/in> gunzip test/*
chiark:~/in> gzip -9r test
chiark:~/in> echo $?
0
chiark:~/in> ls -al test
total 17
drwxrwsr-x   2 ian      ian          1024 Jul 13 02:02 ./
drwxrwsr-x   5 ian      ian          8192 Jul 13 02:02 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 ian      ian           618 Jul 13 02:01 COPYRIGHT.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 ian      ian          6832 Jul 13 02:01 GPL.gz
chiark:~/in>

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