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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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Petr Stodůlka <pstodulk <at> redhat.com>,  17804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17804: RFC: fixing the 32-bit size and time limits in gzip file format
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:12:25 -0700

Petr Stodůlka wrote:

> Are there any news/plans?

Sorry, no.

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. 
 It's slow, but it works and requires no change to the gzip format.  Is 
that something you could do?

We could do something fancier later, if we like.
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