GNU bug report logs - #72472
gzip: simplify printing of offsets using -l and -v

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 00:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 72472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 72472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72472: gzip: simplify printing of offsets using -l and -v
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:22:09 -0700

On 2024-08-13 09:20, Jim Meyering wrote:
> While somewhat related, I don't see how an async-safe strcpy would let
> us remove that function.

Agreed. You can't even use strcpy on 'char volatile *'; C prohibits 
that. Async safety is about something else (admittedly brain-hurting :-).
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