GNU bug report logs - #30935
gzip -l reports wrong size for decompressed files larger than 4GB

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Wolfgang Formann <wformann <at> arcor.de>

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:31:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 17804, 29089, 30936, 38766, 42965, 48424, 52227

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: Wolfgang Formann <wformann <at> arcor.de>, 30935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30935: gzip -l reports wrong size for decompressed files larger than 4GB
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 18:36:34 -0700

Wolfgang Formann wrote:
> I accept that problem. I would be happy, when a similar statement like yours 
> would be in the man page of gzip.

It already is in the gzip manual, which is the main source of detailed info like 
that.
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