GNU bug report logs - #70430
VMS/VAX GZIP 1.3.12e deletes wrong file, doesn't honor file version number

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70430: closed (VMS/VAX GZIP 1.3.12e deletes wrong file,
 doesn't honor file version number)
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:55:01 +0000

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From: Mark Diaz <mark <at> markdiaz.biz>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: VMS/VAX GZIP 1.3.12e deletes wrong file,
 doesn't honor file version number
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:10:43 -0400

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Sorry if this is a known issue or has already been corrected
No need for a response.

VMS/VAX 7.2 GZIP 1.3.12e

Compresses FILE.DAT;1 and FILE.DAT;2 is deleted.

$ DIRECTORY FILE.DAT*
  FILE.DAT;2
  FILE.DAT;1

$ GZIP FILE.DAT;1

$ DIRECTORY FILE.DAT*
  FILE.DAT;1
  FILE.DAT-GZ;1


There are VMS native RMS library routines that will return the fully qualified file specification of an open file.
There are VMS native RMS library routines that will delete a file when it is closed.
Either option it should only delete the input file on success.

Regards,
Mark Diaz
mark <at> markdiaz.biz

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mark Diaz <mark <at> markdiaz.biz>
Cc: 70430-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70430: VMS/VAX GZIP 1.3.12e deletes wrong file, doesn't honor
 file version number
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:54:15 -0700

On 2024-04-16 11:10, Mark Diaz wrote:
> Sorry if this is a known issue or has already been corrected

Your bug report is about gzip 1.3.12 (2007-04-13). Unfortunately gzip's 
support for VMS was removed in gzip 1.9 (2018-01-07) and (as you're 
noticing) it wasn't really working even before that. Unless someone 
volunteers to spend quite a bit of time on it I doubt whether gzip will 
get working again on VMS, so I'm closing the bug report.

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