Re: [Bug-tar] wrong filesize in tgz file reported by gzip

[Guido Krein]

> This is a problem with gzip, not tar.  Unfortunately the gzip format,
> which is standardized by Internet RFC 1952
> <ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1952.txt>, stores the uncompressed
> size modulo 2**32.
Thank You very much for your answer. So I think I have to wait
for a update of the gzip rfc or use another compression standard.

Guido