bug#32815: Corrective patch for GNU gzip

2018-09-24 Thread Paul Eggert
Manfred Morgner wrote: It schould return 2, as documented. Only if the message "gzip: 2018.gz already has .gz suffix -- unchanged" is a warning. Arguably that is merely an informative message, and is not warning about anything, as nothing has gone wrong.

bug#32815: Corrective patch for GNU gzip

2018-09-24 Thread Paul Eggert
On 9/24/18 2:55 AM, Manfred Morgner wrote: It does not the expected action. It does not compress and it does not rename. But it Prints out a Text to inform about the Situation. I think this Situation needs a warning Return Code or the warning text should Go. Otherwise it‘s a bit inconsistent,

bug#32824: Gzip 1.3.12

2018-09-24 Thread Coleman, Patrick EX1
Hello... We're receiving Gzip files from an AIX7.1 Server running Gzip ver.3.0. Our version is 1.3.12 (subject line) and we're unable to unzip them. The only way we're able to decompress the file for processing is to use 7zip, then, re-zip using our 1.3.12 version. This is necessary as part

bug#32824: additional info

2018-09-24 Thread Coleman, Patrick EX1
I'm beginning to suspect the supplier that is sending in the zipped files is unaware what compression utility they're using and/or version... the only 3.0 compression utility I'm finding is WinZip. I think the file is failing to unzip due to the file not being completely downloaded. Appears tr

bug#32824: additional info

2018-09-24 Thread Assaf Gordon
Hello, On 24/09/18 01:18 PM, Coleman, Patrick EX1 wrote: I'm beginning to suspect the supplier that is sending in the zipped files is unaware what compression utility they're using and/or version... the only 3.0 compression utility I'm finding is WinZip. More likely (if they are on AIX) that

bug#32824: Gzip 1.3.12

2018-09-24 Thread Paul Eggert
On 9/24/18 10:44 AM, Coleman, Patrick EX1 wrote: Information on Gzip 3.0 appears to be lacking Not surprising, since the latest version of gzip is 1.9. Sounds like somebody is confused about what program is generating the data, and it sounds like the program is not gzip.

bug#32824: Gzip 1.3.12

2018-09-24 Thread Coleman, Patrick EX1
Yup, you rock Paul, thanks for the response! Patrick Coleman (AOI) SUPPLIER ANALYTICS IQVIA 400 Campus Drive #2097 Collegeville, Pa. 19426 USA O: +01 1.610.244.2283 patrick.cole...@iqvia.com www.iqvia.com Learn more about IQVIA™ -Original Message- From: Paul Eggert Sent: Monday, S

bug#32824: additional info

2018-09-24 Thread Coleman, Patrick EX1
You rock Assaf! Thank you very much, very helpful! Patrick Coleman (AOI) SUPPLIER ANALYTICS IQVIA 400 Campus Drive #2097 Collegeville, Pa. 19426 USA O: +01 1.610.244.2283 patrick.cole...@iqvia.com www.iqvia.com Learn more about IQVIA™ -Original Message- From: Assaf Gordon Sent: M