GNU bug report logs - #17804
RFC: fixing the 32-bit size and time limits in gzip file format

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Petr Stodůlka <pstodulk <at> redhat.com>

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 29089, 30935, 30936, 38766, 42965, 48424, 52227

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 17804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Petr Stodůlka <pstodulk <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 17804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17804: RFC: fixing the 32-bit size and time limits in gzip
 file format
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:33:12 -0800

On 6/18/14 15:12, Paul Eggert wrote:
> One simple way forward would be to implement what pigz -tl does, namely, 
> decompress the input stream and discard the output, but print its size.

I finally got around to implementing that suggestion:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=cf26200380585019e927fe3cf5c0ecb7c8b3ef14
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=32fef43b442c7abc70414863d64718cd06f6477a

So I am closing this old bug report.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 155 days ago.

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