bug#25636: new snapshot available: gzip-1.8.18-00e6

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jim,

> Am 06.02.2017 um 19:38 schrieb Jim Meyering <address@hidden>:
> 
> In the eight months since gzip-1.8 there have been some bug fixes, along
> with many improvements via gnulib, so here's a snapshot of the latest.
> Please test it and let us know how that goes.
> 
> gzip snapshot:
>  http://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz      728 KB
>  http://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-ss.tar.xz.sig
>  http://meyering.net/gzip/gzip-1.8.18-00e6.tar.xz


I have one failing test on Solaris 10 Sparc and also Solaris 10 x86 with Sun 
Studio 12:

cd work/solaris10-sparc/build-isa-sparcv8plus/gzip-1.8.18-00e6 && /usr/bin/env 
-i HOME="/home/dam" 
PATH="/home/dam/mgar/pkg/.buildsys/v2/gar/bin/sos12-wrappers:/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/install-isa-sparcv8plus/opt/csw/bin:/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/install-isa-sparcv8plus/opt/csw/bin:/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/install-isa-sparcv8plus/opt/csw/sbin:/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/install-isa-sparcv8plus/opt/csw/sbin:/opt/csw/bin:/opt/csw/bin:/opt/csw/sbin:/opt/csw/sbin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/dam/mgar/pkg/.buildsys/v2/gar/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/java/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin"
 LC_ALL="C" prefix="/opt/csw" exec_prefix="/opt/csw" bindir="/opt/csw/bin" 
sbindir="/opt/csw/sbin" libexecdir="/opt/csw/libexec" datadir="/opt/csw/share" 
sysconfdir="/etc/opt/csw" sharedstatedir="/opt/csw/share" 
localstatedir="/var/opt/csw" libdir="/opt/csw/lib" 
infodir="/opt/csw/share/info" lispdir="/opt/csw/share/emacs/site-lisp" i+ for 
time in 197001010000.01 203801190314.07 203801190314.08 210602070628.15  
+ touch -t 203801190314.07 in  
+ gzip in  
+ rm -f in.gz in  
+ for time in 197001010000.01 203801190314.07 203801190314.08 210602070628.15
+ touch -t 203801190314.08 in
touch: bad time specification
+ printf '\037\213\10\0\377\377\377\377\0\377\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0'
+ returns_ 2 gzip -Nlv
method  crc     date  time           compressed        uncompressed  ratio 
uncompressed_name
defla 00000000 Feb  7 08:10                  20                   0   0.0% 
stdout
+ fail=1
+ :
+ gzip --no-name
+ Exit 1
+ set +e
+ exit 1
+ exit 1
+ remove_tmp_
+ __st=1
+ cleanup_
+ :
+ test '' = yes
+ cd 
/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/build-isa-sparcv8plus/gzip-1.8.18-00e6/tests
+ chmod -R u+rwx 
/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/build-isa-sparcv8plus/gzip-1.8.18-00e6/tests/gt-timestamp.5SAW
+ rm -rf 
/home/dam/mgar/pkg/gzip/trunk/work/solaris10-sparc/build-isa-sparcv8plus/gzip-1.8.18-00e6/tests/gt-timestamp.5SAW
+ exit 1
FAIL timestamp (exit status: 1)


Best regards

  — Dago

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