Subject: bin/25843: gzip in -current/-2-0 cannot handle '-' as input filename
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: Markus W Kilbinger <kilbi@rad.rwth-aachen.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/06/2004 16:06:57
>Number: 25843
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: gzip cannot handle '-' as input filename
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 06 14:08:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: NetBSD 2.0F
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD mogli 2.0F NetBSD 2.0F (MOGLI) #7: Sat Jun 5 13:43:27 MEST 2004 root@lwle5:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MOGLI i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
-current's and netbsd-2-0's gzip cannot handle '-' as input file name.
>How-To-Repeat:
On a -current (2.0F) or netbsd-2-0 machine try the following:
$ echo Hallo | gzip - > /dev/null
gzip: can't stat: -: No such file or directory
On a netbsd-1-6 machine this work flawlessly.
pkgsrc/misc/openoffice relies on this gzip feature...
>Fix:
Unknown.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: