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Error in --help-text

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark Roberts <mroberts <at> rapid-arts-movement.de>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Error in --help-text
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:43:50 +0200 (CEST)

Dear maintainer,

there is an error in the text issued by gzexe when invoked with

	gzexe --help

It says "Rename each FILE with a compressed version of itself" ...

It should say "Replace each FILE with a compressed version of itself" ...

In fact it should also explain better what the program does. Something 
like

	"Replace each FILE (assumed to be executable) by a compressed
	version of itself while retaining executability".

As it stands there is no indication that the result of an executable is 
still executable, which is of course the whole point.

Version info:
gzexe (gzip) 1.7


Hope this helps,
Mark Roberts

Message #10 received at 28514-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mark Roberts <mroberts <at> rapid-arts-movement.de>, 28514-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28514: Error in --help-text
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:46:41 -0700

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Thanks for the bug report. I installed the attached patches, which 
should fix the problem. The last patch is the actual fix; the other 
patches are merely to bring gzip up to speed (it's been a while since 
anyone built bleeding-edge gzip, apparently).

[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-maint-update-.gitignore-for-recent-Gnulib.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0003-maint-port-to-GCC-7.2.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0004-maint-copy-bootstrap-from-Gnulib.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0005-maint-prefer-HTTPS-to-HTTP-FTP-in-URLs.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0006-misc-update-version-copyright.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0007-gzexe-improve-usage-diagnostic.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #13 received at 28514 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 28514 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 
 mroberts <at> rapid-arts-movement.de
Cc: 28514-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28514: Error in --help-text
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:44:00 -0700

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On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report. I installed the attached patches, which should
> fix the problem. The last patch is the actual fix; the other patches are
> merely to bring gzip up to speed (it's been a while since anyone built
> bleeding-edge gzip, apparently).

Thanks for the fix and updates.

I have pushed the attached additional changes to make it so "make
syntax-check" passes once again.

[gzip-syntax-check.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

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