Pretty sure we're not quite ready for a release, but there have been enough changes that it's worth another snapshot.
Here's the most recent NEWS addition: Commands implemented via shell scripts are now more consistent about failure status. For example, 'gunzip --help >/dev/full' now consistently exits with status 1 (error), instead of with status 2 (warning) on some platforms. [bug present since the beginning] gzip snapshot: https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz 748 KB https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz.sig https://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-1.8.47-10d7.tar.xz Changes in gzip since 1.8.40-9dff: Jim Meyering (4): zless, znew: exit 1 upon --help or --version write failure build: make each generated script unwritable gzexe: work even without the ability to make a hard link build: update gnulib to latest Paul Eggert (3): build: update gnulib submodule to latest tests: don’t be so strict about timestamps maint: script diagnostics status cleanup Changes in gnulib since 1.8.40-9dff: * gnulib cf6bbbf...b9d0b50 (33): > stat: fix doc wording typo > stat: work around Solaris bug with tv_nsec < 0 > regex: merge from glibc > regex: merge from glibc > crypto/gc-sm3: Fix buffer overrun. > append, don't replace existing VCS ignore files > autoupdate > autoupdate > autoupdate > maint: shorten https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/... links > faccessat: Make the last change more robust. > faccessat: port to macOS (Bug#29231) > getprogname: Fix compilation error on IRIX. > year2038: Tweak last patch. > year2038: be more insistent about 64-bit time_t > autoupdate > 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.
