Hi Gzip team,
I compressed a 500 GB file (raw hdd image) using gzip 1.6 under Ubuntu
14.10 (64 bit). uncompressing the file gives a file with 500 gb
(checked).
But "gzip -l" shows bad (small) uncompressed_size and bad ratio
(-5167%).
Below you can see some details, but I think it is a general bug.
Thanks for help, Alexander
gzip -l asus.gz
compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name 99630975185
1891655680 -5166.9% asus
gzip --version
gzip 1.6
Linux myname 3.16.0-43-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 19 11:04:02 UTC
2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
the 2 files (compressed 93gb + uncompressed 500gb)
-rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 99630975185 Aug 15 21:39 asus.gz
-rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 500107862016 Aug 14 09:00 sdc.raw
-rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 93G Aug 15 21:39 asus.gz
-rwxrwx--- 1 root plugdev 466G Aug 14 09:00 sdc.raw
