GNU bug report logs - #30000
OS X 10.5, gzip 1.8 and two failed self tests

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: noloader <at> gmail.com

Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 00:54:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 29268

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: 30000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30000: OS X 10.5, gzip 1.8 and two failed self tests
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 20:33:46 -0800

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm working on a PowerMac G5 running OS X 10.5. Two self tests fail
> when running `make check`.
>
> $ make check
> ...
> make[4]: Entering directory `/Users/scripts/gzip-1.8/tests'
> PASS: gzip-env
> PASS: helin-segv
> FAIL: help-version
...
> FAIL: zgrep-f
...
>    gzip 1.8: tests/test-suite.log

Thank you for testing, however, I am about to release gzip-1.9, and it
you would instead test the latest snapshot, that would be most
welcome. Announced here:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2017-12/msg00003.html
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