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Re: Bug in gzip 1.4?
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Bug in gzip 1.4? |
Date: |
Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:26:07 -0800 |
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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.