GNU bug report logs - #29006
gunzip does not works with an uppercase suffix

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: meo <at> xenialab.it

Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 06:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: meo <at> xenialab.it
Cc: 29006 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29006: gunzip does not works with an uppercase suffix
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 06:51:48 -0700

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:21 PM, meo (XeniaLab) <meo <at> xenialab.it> wrote:
> its seems that gunzip does not works with uppercase suffixes...

Thank you for the report. That is a bug, indeed. Here is a small reproducer:

  $ :|gzip > kT && gzip -d -S T kT
  gzip: kT: unknown suffix -- ignored

I have a fix and will post it shortly.
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