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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Message #17 received at 30935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Wolfgang Formann <wformann <at> arcor.de>, 30935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30935: gzip -l reports wrong size for decompressed files
 larger than 4GB
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 18:49:46 -0700

tags 30935 notabug
close 30935
stop

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 6:36 PM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> 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.

Marking this "issue" as closed in our bug tracker.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 155 days ago.

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