Debian bug report logs - #1090 Gzip 1.2.4-6 Package: gzip ; Reported by: jimr@simons-rock.edu; 113 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Thu Jul 13 05:09:49 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sWN5R-00063gC; Thu, 13 Jul 95 05:09 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08841 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 13 Jul 1995 05:08:01 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sWN55-000C0EC; Thu, 13 Jul 95 13:09 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Thu, 13 Jul 95 02:04 BST Message-Id: Date: Thu, 13 Jul 95 02:04 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6 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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1090 ; Package gzip . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From simons-rock.edu!jimr Wed Jul 12 07:03:59 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sW2OM-00063ZC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 07:03 PDT Received: from plato.simons-rock.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25492 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 12 Jul 1995 07:02:10 -0700 Received: from simons-rock.edu by plato.simons-rock.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0sW2Mg-00001WC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 10:02 EDT Message-Id: To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6 In-Reply-To: Message from iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) of "Wed, 12 Jul 1995 00:30:00 -0000." Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 10:02:13 -0400 From: "James A. Robinson" > 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to "James A. 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Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Wed Jul 12 06:30:18 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sW1rl-0005zLC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 06:30 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24156 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 12 Jul 1995 06:28:41 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sW1rT-000C0UC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 14:29 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Wed, 12 Jul 95 00:30 BST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 00:30 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1090: Gzip 1.2.4-6 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1090 ; Package gzip . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From simons-rock.edu!jimr Mon Jul 10 15:36:21 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sVRR7-00063ZC; Mon, 10 Jul 95 15:36 PDT Received: from plato.simons-rock.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22681 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 10 Jul 1995 15:34:47 -0700 Received: from simons-rock.edu by plato.simons-rock.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0sVRR0-00000zC; Mon, 10 Jul 95 18:36 EDT Message-Id: Reply-To: jimr@simons-rock.edu X-Mailer: MH 6.8.3 To: Debian Bugs Subject: Gzip 1.2.4-6 Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:36:14 -0400 From: "James A. Robinson" 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to jimr@simons-rock.edu : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1090 ; Package gzip . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov