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: Bachsau <web <at> bachsau.name>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 25699 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25699: GZIPs deprecated environment variable
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:17:08 +0100

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Am 14.02.2017 um 01:00 schrieb Paul Eggert:
> The same thing could happen to any global configuration file, too. There
> is no functional difference between a configuration file and a shell
> wrapper.

This is not true. Every package manager I know has special routines for 
handling configuration files and configuration file changes. Either by 
just saving new configuration files aside (pacman) or by diffing and 
integrating changes on request (apt/dpkg).


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