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DEPRECATED

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Fellegi Sándor <fellegi.sandor <at> putnok.hu>

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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bug#72772; Package gzip. (Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:34:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to Fellegi Sándor <fellegi.sandor <at> putnok.hu>:
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From: Fellegi Sándor <fellegi.sandor <at> putnok.hu>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: DEPRECATED
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:25:21 +0200

root <at> INF-DESKTOP:/tmp# GZIP=-1 tar cfz saved.config.tar.gz saved.config
gzip: warning: GZIP environment variable is deprecated; use an alias or script


... basszátok meg!
Reply sent to Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>:
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Notification sent to Fellegi Sándor <fellegi.sandor <at> putnok.hu>:
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Fellegi Sándor <fellegi.sandor <at> putnok.hu>
Cc: 72772-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: DEPRECATED
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:35:47 -0800

On 2024-08-23 you wrote:

> root <at> INF-DESKTOP:/tmp# GZIP=-1 tar cfz saved.config.tar.gz saved.config
> gzip: warning: GZIP environment variable is deprecated; use an alias or script

Yes, that's the intended and documented behavior. The GZIP environment 
variable can make it hard to write portable scripts, as they have to 
unset GZIP to be safe. The intent is that gzip remove support for that 
variable in a future release.

You can work around the problem by using this shell command instead:

   tar -I'gzip -1' -cf saved.config.tar.gz saved.config
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:24:16 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
This bug report was last modified 100 days ago.

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