Re: gzip receives read error, gives up, unlinks source file

[Paul Eggert]

Andrew Brown <address@hidden> writes:

> ah...uh...but...if the file is shrinking, you really don't want the
> extra data in the compressed file...do you?

It doesn't really matter, so long as gzip successfully outputs a
compressed stream that matches some plausible version of the input.

>       gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)

Could you try gzip test version 1.3.5?  It may fix the bug.  I was
looking at gzip 1.3.5 when I tried to diagnose your situation.

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.3.5.tar.gz