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Re: gzip-1.3.11 feedback
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: gzip-1.3.11 feedback |
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Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:11:02 -0800 |
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Matthew Burgess <address@hidden> writes:
> The changing of hardlinked files into small programs (e.g. gunzip)
> seems to directly conflict with the FHS, which states:
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> "If the gunzip and zcat programs exist, they must be symbolic or
> hard links to gzip".
gzip 1.3.11 is changing to conform to the GNU coding standards, which
directly contradict this FHS requirement. Thanks for reporting the
problem. I've filed a bug report that asks the FHS folks to fix this
bug in the spec; see <http://bugs.freestandards.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107>.