Here's another pre-release snapshot. Please give it a whirl and report the results. Thanks again for all the feedback on the last one.
The sole change to NEWS is this revamped paragraph: When converting from system-dependent time_t format to the 32-bit unsigned MTIME format used in gzip files, if a timestamp does not fit gzip now substitutes zero instead of the timestamp's low-order 32 bits, as per Internet RFC 1952. When converting from MTIME to time_t format, if a timestamp does not fit gzip now warns and substitutes the nearest in-range value instead of crashing or silently substituting an implementation-defined value (typically, the timestamp's low-order bits). This affects timestamps before 1970 and after 2106, and timestamps after 2038 on platforms with 32-bit signed time_t. [bug present since the beginning] gzip snapshot: https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz 744 KB https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz.sig https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-1.8.40-9dff.tar.xz Changes in gzip since 1.8.32-4606: Jim Meyering (6): gzip: fix bug with any upper case custom ('-S'-specified) suffix gnulib: update to latest; also update tests/init.sh from gnulib tests/unpack-valid: port to printf that do not grok hex tests: unpack-invalid: correct and clean up a test maint: use noreturn, not ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN gnulib: update to latest Paul Eggert (3): maint: remove IMPORT_FROM_GETTEXT misc: diagnose year-2038 configuration problems gzip: diagnose out-of-range MTIME Changes in gnulib since 1.8.32-4606: * gnulib b86cc86...7f2c4e9 (82): > autoupdate > havelib: fix typo in previous change > Don’t use AC_EGREP_CPP if affected by CFLAGS > fstatat: pacify GCC on unusual platform > autoupdate > autoupdate > autoupdate > timespec: prefer ‘assume’ to ‘assure’ > Port recent gnulib-tool change to Dash > timespec.h: use "assure" to avoid a spurious warning > Avoid several test failures with traditional locales on Haiku. > strerror_r-posix: Fix behaviour and test failure on Haiku. > get-rusage-data: Avoid crash on Haiku. > get-rusage-as: Avoid crash on Haiku. > ilogbl: Ensure replacement on Haiku. > expl: Ensure replacement on Haiku. > math: Fix test failure on Haiku. > gnulib-tool: Avoid unnecessary config.h.in remaking in testdirs. > gnulib-tool: Avoid unnecessary config.h.in remaking in testdirs. > crypto/*: Verify that the header file is self-contained. > crypto/gc: fix build failure with -Werror=suggest-attribute=const > New module: crypto/gc-sm3 > random, random_r: Mention different prototypes on Haiku. > posix_spawn: Avoid spurious message in configure output. > inet_ntop, inet_pton: Determine needed library correctly on Haiku. > ioctl: Override non-POSIX declaration on Haiku. > crypto/sm3: Add overview documentation to the .h file. > New module: crypto/sm3 > gc-libgcrypt: fix undefined enum type in switch statement > gc-libgcrypt: fix assignment error due to -Werror=pointer-sign > havelib: Fix value of LD for 32-bit compilation on NetBSD/sparc64. > glob: fix another heap buffer overflow > quotearg: pacify compiler re unsigned > glob: fix heap buffer overflow > glob: pacify fuzzer for mempcpy > autoupdate > doc: Fix syntax error (regression from 2017-10-03). > doc: Update for Solaris 11.3. > all: Write "Solaris 11.0" instead of "Solaris 11 2011-11". > doc: Improve doc about ioctl. > wcwidth: Don't use obsolete syntax of 'test'. > getopt-posix: Fix build failure when using ac_cv_header_getopt_h=no. > vma-iter: Fix typo in last commit. > vma-iter: Fix typo in last commit. > vma-iter: Improve support for FreeBSD. > vma-iter: Fix truncated result on NetBSD (regression from 2017-10-07). > tests: fix 'invalid path dir' error > vma-iter: Fix truncated result on Linux (regression from 2017-09-26). > vma-iter: Improve support for GNU/Hurd. > test-framework-sh: Don't require bash on Windows and OS/2. > wcwidth: check a macro version of wcwidth () as well > getopt-posix: Clarify copyright header. > Fix warning "`gl_HOST_CPU_C_ABI' was expanded before it was required". > doc: warn about misuse of strncpy and wcsncpy. > fsuage: fix typo in previous change > fsusage: remove SVR2 support > Simplify autoupdate of licenses > autoupdate > vma-iter: Add support for GNU/Hurd. > vma-iter: Make it work on 32-bit Solaris with module 'largefile'. > havelib: Make it work for CC="gcc -m32" (regression from 2017-02-19). > uniname/uniname: Don't assume C99 compiler (regression from 2015-02-16). > string: code style > uniname/uniname-tests: Tighten code. > vma-iter: Improvements for Linux and BSD platforms. > vma-iter: Provide the protection flags on FreeBSD. > glob: remove bogus extern decl > uniname/uniname-tests: integer overflow fix > duplocale-tests: fix unlikely crash > maint: fix overflow checking in nap.h > sys_types: update URL > parse-datetime: fix dependency > parse-datetime, posixtm: avoid uninit access > vma-iter: Improvements for BSD platforms. > autoupdate > strfmon_l: New module. > monetary: New module. > duplocale tests: Fix test crash on Linux/x86. > autoupdate > mktime: port to OpenVMS > autoupdate > autoupdate
