GNU bug report logs - #29418
new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.47-10d7

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 23:54:01 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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Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>, bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29418: new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.47-10d7
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:56:11 -0800

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> Perhaps this is overkill, but how about the attached followup patch for that
> gzexe problem with filesystems that do not support symlinks? The idea is to
> use a variant of Bruno's suggestion that the file should always exist.

Nice. That looks fine. Thank you.
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