Xin LI wrote: > NetBSD r1.87 of src/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c would give a better chance (you > would probably also want 1.88) for gzip(1) to survive with such archive > (issue a warning, but not give a fail case).
Yes, I know. I updated gzip locally to the latest code from NetBSD. It then gives warning, but unpacks. But it also returns nonzero value which means that "gtar zxf" doesn't work - gtar errors out. > FWIW FreeBSD's gzip is doing it this way as well. Maybe ... > Personally I would be inclined to issue such warning (thus the user > would know that there is something wrong with the archive, but still > allow obtaining data) rather than just to 100% match gzip behavior. > What do you think about this case? I wouldn't mind to change the code to whatever behavior, but ... Why the very same gzip works _without_ warning/error with the same archive on NetBSD? Why GNU gzip works _without_ warning/error with the same archive on every platform but DragonFly? -- Hasso Tepper
