bug#15546: bug of gzip 1.6

2014-11-10 Thread Dagobert Michelsen
Hi Paul, > Am 10.11.2014 um 20:07 schrieb Paul Eggert : > > On 11/10/2014 11:03 AM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote: >> shouldn’t it then be an XFAIL >> if less is missing? > > Wouldn't it be better to not install 'zless' if 'less' is missing? Why > install a script that doesn't work? Of course, if t

bug#15546: bug of gzip 1.6

2014-11-10 Thread Paul Eggert
On 11/10/2014 11:03 AM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote: shouldn’t it then be an XFAIL if less is missing? Wouldn't it be better to not install 'zless' if 'less' is missing? Why install a script that doesn't work?

bug#15546: bug of gzip 1.6

2014-11-10 Thread Dagobert Michelsen
Hi Paul, > Am 10.11.2014 um 19:40 schrieb Paul Eggert : > > This looks like an installation problem. 'zless' is a wrapper around 'less', > and won't work on platforms that don't have 'less'. There's not much that > gzip can do about this, other than have 'zless'-related tests fail (which is >

bug#15546: bug of gzip 1.6

2014-11-10 Thread Paul Eggert
This looks like an installation problem. 'zless' is a wrapper around 'less', and won't work on platforms that don't have 'less'. There's not much that gzip can do about this, other than have 'zless'-related tests fail (which is what is happening here).