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gunzip expects gzip to be in the PATH

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Message #10 received at 28158-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 28158-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28158: gunzip expects gzip to be in the PATH
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:10:40 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> The “gzip” package provides “gunzip”, a simple wrapper script that calls
> “gzip”.  However, it calls “gzip” unqualified, so the “gzip” executable
> must be on the PATH for gunzip to work.
>
> The fix is to replace “gzip” on the line
>
>     exec gzip -d "$@"
>
> in “gunzip.in” with the full path to the “gzip” binary.
>
> This should be done in the next core-updates cycle.

This is fixed with commit 48623f5be854e923b04ae83a1a882ff1cefdc742 in
core-updates.

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Ricardo

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