GNU bug report logs - #25418
Proposal to quiet file size modified warning

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Message #14 received at 25418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
To: "Chevreux, Bastien" <bastien.chevreux <at> dsm.com>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 "25418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <25418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Jens Rantil <jens.rantil <at> tink.se>
Subject: Re: bug#25418: Proposal to quiet file size modified warning
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:16:53 +1100

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On 12 January 2017 at 09:05, Chevreux, Bastien <bastien.chevreux <at> dsm.com>
wrote:

> I see two different phrasings here: "warning" in the source message vs
> "error" in Paul's answer.
>

Good point. Does Gzip still produce a valid archive if the file changes
part way through execution? If the file is valid and does not result in a
fatal error then I'd say it's a warning. But then part of me agrees with
Paul that I'd still like to know about such an event.

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