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#30029
gzip-1.9 released [stable]
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Reported by: Michael <aixtools <at> felt.demon.nl>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 18:33:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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#30029: gzip-1.9 released [stable]
which was filed against the gzip package, has been closed.
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> +826 + eval 'env $i zin.gz < $tmp_in > $tmp_out'
> +827 ++ env zless zin.gz
> +828 /data/prj/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.9/tests/../zless[71]: less: not found
> +829 + echo FAIL: zless
> +830 FAIL: zless
> +831 + fail=1
Thanks for reporting that. As 'less' is not required by POSIX we
shouldn't assume it's installed. I installed the first attached patch to
fix that (by not installing zless when 'less' is absent), and the second
attached patch to fix a bug I found in the test cases for 'zmore' when I
ran it with PAGER='less'.
q> +891 FAIL: timestamp
> +892 ===============
> This is to be expected - I expect - with 32-bit timestamp (OBJECT_MODE=32)
Yes, we don't worry about people perversely building a 32-bit time_t
gzip on platforms that support 64-bit timestamps.
Recent versions of GNU/Linux have added support for 64-bit time_t even
to platforms where 'long' and pointers are 32 bits.[1] Do recent
versions of AIX have something similar? If so, we should teach Gnulib's
year2038 module[2] how to enable that. This would fix this AIX problem
for several GNU programs, not just gzip.
[1]:
https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/64_002dbit-time-symbol-handling.html
[2]:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Avoiding-the-year-2038-problem.html
[0001-zless-install-only-on-platforms-with-less.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-zmore-don-t-assume-benign-PAGER-in-testing.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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On 07/01/2018 23:56, Jim Meyering wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA512
>
> This is to announce gzip-1.9, a stable release.
>
> There have been 53 commits by 2 people in the 89 weeks since 1.8.
> Thanks to Paul Eggert for all of his help.
>
> See the NEWS below for a brief summary.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has contributed!
> The following people contributed changes to this release:
>
> Jim Meyering (28)
> Paul Eggert (25)
>
> Jim [on behalf of the gzip maintainers]
> ==================================================================
>
32-bit results - I package both sizes - in case there is an library
interface. However, applications are only available in 64-bit.
(cc to bug-gzip maillist, have tried subscribing, but no confirmation
mail yet).
============================================================================
Testsuite summary for gzip 1.9
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 21
# PASS: 18
# SKIP: 1
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL: 2
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================
See tests/test-suite.log
Please report to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
============================================================================
a:
+826 + eval 'env $i zin.gz < $tmp_in > $tmp_out'
+827 ++ env zless zin.gz
+828 /data/prj/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.9/tests/../zless[71]: less: not found
+829 + echo FAIL: zless
+830 FAIL: zless
+831 + fail=1
+891 FAIL: timestamp
+892 ===============
This is to be expected - I expect - with 32-bit timestamp (OBJECT_MODE=32)
64-bit results
============================================================================
Testsuite summary for gzip 1.9
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 21
# PASS: 19
# SKIP: 1
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL: 1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0
============================================================================
See tests/test-suite.log
Please report to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
============================================================================
Again, less is still not installed.
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