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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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: bruno <at> clisp.org, 29418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29418: new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.47-10d7
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:28:51 -0800

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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.

[0001-gzexe-ensure-file-always-exists.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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