GNU bug report logs - #25699
GZIPs deprecated environment variable

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Bachsau <dev <at> bachsau.com>

Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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: Bachsau <web <at> bachsau.name>
Cc: 25699 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25699: GZIPs deprecated environment variable
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:00:50 -0800

On 02/13/2017 03:48 PM, Bachsau wrote:
>
> Of course I can. Until my distributions package manager replaces that 
> file again with the next regular update.

The same thing could happen to any global configuration file, too. There 
is no functional difference between a configuration file and a shell 
wrapper. If your distributions package manager lets you edit one, you 
can edit the other. If not, not.
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