Re: Bug in gzip 1.4?

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/01/10 11:20, Wieman, Karl wrote:
> I also think the '-h' description of '--force' does not imply the new 
> behavior.

The documentation does not say one way or another what "gzip --force" does
in this situation.  It would be helpful for the documentation to describe
what happens here, whatever we decide that to be.

> I would have prefferred that the fix to the previous bug was implemented as a
> separate flag rather than "enhancing" the already existing '-f' functionality.

Adding an extra flag has its own costs, mostly in documentation and user-visible
complexity.  Hmm, well, it would be helpful to hear other opinions on the
matter.  In the meantime you have a simple solution that works well
with both old and new gzip.