From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:34:41 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#67227 <67227@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#67227 <67227@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Suggestion of enhancement | Option dedicated to inform archive properties Reply-To: bug#67227 <67227@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:34:41 +0000 retitle 67227 Suggestion of enhancement | Option dedicated to inform archiv= e properties reassign 67227 gzip submitter 67227 Ricky Tigg severity 67227 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Nov 16 06:44:24 2023 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Nov 2023 11:44:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54621 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r3anI-00065c-4T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:44:24 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:470:142::17]:36198) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1r3anE-00062f-4u for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:44:22 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r3an8-0003bk-2g for bug-gzip@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:44:14 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-x42f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::42f]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1r3an5-0000bE-0U for bug-gzip@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 06:44:13 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-x42f.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-6c396ef9a3dso616436b3a.1 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:44:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1700135046; x=1700739846; darn=gnu.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=QhSuhM6EoMMH3r6Cwed1wSDMYlFGLTa3dcZfwXwynr0=; b=YBC2csbRwHQfA7SuuSqjgMVWBT3X+D7KVGyJoTyBqMLmSjlE69CM/LcEND6adkRE0z AoJeH6nLbOuFa+encIhFno2caLe9BT1rfnqBZpSUBStQ+CR1lVp1UjWuTR7mDFd30axF 1A+2KHNIYckhwOkYjNPDh0X4pjhaYjR11bma8ZwAt+RDRpl6N4zvpuusdKHzsAY6TOID fgy6rvUtxvHKknvEsD2H0EmD1IMAfyTGIYCBNcEoOrcPFCo0yg7mcoJ6SYpEHNq9qTQl Jk8FxlfbzoqO3zgFHizv44z5rfrM7HNfF3iFAjIsJJi0wDum1gsuRQBeOsQ97ka0IS93 n5kQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1700135046; x=1700739846; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=QhSuhM6EoMMH3r6Cwed1wSDMYlFGLTa3dcZfwXwynr0=; b=fnG/9V8x7mMLH07dOqT0gavhcJRk0u+wL/ApPLDhDc5uQRnyHwzqD2khEKNBxOR0t6 Y8tU8+x2IBeGkYpA+6tQ8ob0avbLesxUaWv8yAR3n64mZgInJkDBNdt3nw8Jj4bkfMZb l9tEohcWOoW1pVmmJOw2qAULSS3POBFIyFeHbryUTvd5/a1LzZ2IqaZgp7PJ7xeoCw/F f69yyrn2735ECvybJ3sW7IxHTYTqxu9CLBefJx7Trpmkpuy6BP3X3y+qYdsCJ+RN/cLE 1vxns/HAFjMZHsc/+WhOHaQafL0x+2aSBfMY4fQ1jqU6VXaVxQZvQDvCsfzsq4b3Zgxr 28Og== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzMb90IatF3aWK2WEVi9f9UxNH4uqF8bzxFYmjYYZ41NvaPg+12 IIGUV/1WrM22ZGazq269tnmRkphcEj5b/JYC4AMl2erlXT8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFCsmy9w6tQ47H8jKUrP9QJzIM8EZ4vfa5J5vsbpYEQKScdgPFBM+RZKJWhQigsxErqEUZCKhizovqG5XYgqsQ= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:38d5:b0:690:d620:7801 with SMTP id ey21-20020a056a0038d500b00690d6207801mr12792275pfb.11.1700135046080; Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:44:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ricky Tigg Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:43:29 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Suggestion of enhancement | Option dedicated to inform archive properties To: bug-gzip@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000007ded56060a43895e" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::42f; envelope-from=ricky.tigg@gmail.com; helo=mail-pf1-x42f.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) --0000000000007ded56060a43895e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" archive source: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tags $ file -b linux-6.6.tar.gz gzip compressed data, from Unix, original size modulo 2^32 1419089920 gzip compressed data, unknown method, has CRC, extra field, from FAT filesystem (MS-DOS, OS/2, NT), original size modulo 2^32 1419089920 Hello. The unknown method would be worth revealing by GNU Zip. the addition of a dedicated command option tat reveals the archive properties, among them those relevant ones that are reported by the file-command, would be adequate for this purpose. --0000000000007ded56060a43895e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
archive source: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tags

$ file -b linux-6.6.tar.gz
gzip compressed data, = from Unix, original size modulo 2^32 1419089920 gzip compressed data, unkno= wn method, has CRC, extra field, from FAT filesystem (MS-DOS, OS/2, NT), or= iginal size modulo 2^32 1419089920

Hello. The unknown method = would be worth revealing by GNU Zip. the addition of a dedicated command op= tion tat reveals the archive properties, among them those relevant ones tha= t are =C2=A0reported by the file-command, would be adequate for this purpos= e.
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