GNU bug report logs - #32721
error with gzip 1.3.12

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: "laurent.gourvennec <at> bnpparibas-pf.com" <laurent.gourvennec <at> bnpparibas-pf.com>

Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "laurent.gourvennec <at> bnpparibas-pf.com" <laurent.gourvennec <at> bnpparibas-pf.com>, 32721 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32721: error with gzip 1.3.12
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:34:22 -0700

laurent.gourvennec <at> bnpparibas-pf.com wrote:
> Can you please tell me this error is due to a bug or to used version 1.3.12 which does not support large files.

I don't know of any such bug. gzip is regularly used on files larger than 130 
MB, so it's not merely a question of file size.

That being said, ".zip" is file extension extension normally associated with 
some program other than gzip, so I'd try the other program.
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