On Sunday, April 28, 2013 07:23:05 PM Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > >>Converting gzip to the general API seems the right thing to do in the long > >>term. > > > > That might be wise, yes, but there might be other users who > > expect the current behavior, and we'd need to consult with them. > > To my surprise I have found that the current behavior is that gzip does > not return '2' even if the compressed file is larger than the original:
Thanks, there are probably other circumstances in 'gzip' invoking warning? > > And there are a lot of other compressor programs to update. > > In the meantime 'tar' should work with what's out there. > > If it is not broken, don't fix it. I think nobody has reported a problem > caused by any compressor other than compress returning 2. I would not wait for a bugreport.. Tar should really accept API of compressors it uses imo. > Most probably it is the documentation of those other compressors > (including gzip) what is wrong, not the code. I guess it is not bug in gzip doc, but afaik Paul is also 'gzip' maintainer so he would be able to talk about gzip more. Pavel
