GNU bug report logs - #38766
bug: "gzip -l" truncates reported decompressed size to 32 bits

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Jason Mancini <jayrusman <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 23:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 17804, 29089, 30935, 30936, 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: Jason Mancini <jayrusman <at> hotmail.com>
To: "bug-gzip <at> gnu.org" <bug-gzip <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug: "gzip -l" truncates reported decompressed size to 32 bits
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 20:35:13 +0000

As title states.

openSUSE Tumbleweed 20191216 (x86_64)
gzip 1.10

(Number delimiters manually added for clarity below.)

# zcat backup.bin.gz | wc -c
67,645,849,600
# gzip -l backup.bin.gz
compressed        uncompressed  ratio uncompressed_name
9,458,450,396    3,221,340,160 -193.6% backup.bin
#

67,645,849,600 => 0xf_c001_c000 => truncate => 0xc001_c000 => 3,221,340,160

Thanks!
Jason Mancini
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