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Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide s
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Pavel Raiskup |
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Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio |
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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:05:55 +0200 |
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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
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, (continued)
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/26
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/28
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio,
Pavel Raiskup <=
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/29
- Re: [Bug-tar] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/29
- Re: [Bug-tar] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Tim Kientzle, 2013/04/30
- Re: [Bug-tar] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/30
- Re: [Bug-tar] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Stefano Lattarini, 2013/04/30
- Re: [Bug-tar] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/30
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] Do not fail when 'compress' is unable to provide sufficient compress ratio, Paul Eggert, 2013/04/26
- [Bug-tar] [PATCH] tar: do not fail hardly when compressor just warns, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/27
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] tar: do not fail hardly when compressor just warns, Antonio Diaz Diaz, 2013/04/28
- Re: [Bug-tar] [PATCH] tar: do not fail hardly when compressor just warns, Pavel Raiskup, 2013/04/29