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#1 2004-11-18 14:45:50
- rayzorblayde
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gzip 1.3.3
I just want to suggest an upgrade of gzip to 1.3.3 from the current 1.2.x. There is a bug with large zipped files such that zcat will cause an error of the following:
/path/file.gz Value too large for defined data type
the current 1.3.3 version fixes this bug. (i have downloaded the source and compiled it, and it works for me, but don't have the time or knowhow to create a new package)
This problem is applicable to anyone dd'ing hard drives to compressed image files or otherwise having large compressed files that they need to uncompress.
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#2 2004-11-18 18:08:40
- sarah31
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Re: gzip 1.3.3
you can flag it out of date through the webpage or you can file a bug. the maintainer may not hang here very often.
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#3 2004-11-18 18:45:12
- phrakture
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Re: gzip 1.3.3
I just want to suggest an upgrade of gzip to 1.3.3 from the current 1.2.x. There is a bug with large zipped files such that zcat will cause an error of the following:
/path/file.gz Value too large for defined data type
the current 1.3.3 version fixes this bug. (i have downloaded the source and compiled it, and it works for me, but don't have the time or knowhow to create a new package)
This problem is applicable to anyone dd'ing hard drives to compressed image files or otherwise having large compressed files that they need to uncompress.
just go to the home page, find the package for gzip and click "flag this package out of date" - the maintainer will update
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#4 2004-11-19 00:58:36
- rayzorblayde
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Re: gzip 1.3.3
you can flag it out of date through the webpage or you can file a bug. the maintainer may not hang here very often.
done.
thanks, i didn't think of that 
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#5 2004-11-19 04:22:35
- sarah31
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Re: gzip 1.3.3
not a problem it is usually one of the best ways of getting things upgraded. i know that a few of the developers either don't hang here at all or rarely show up.
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#6 2004-11-19 04:25:29
- skeeterbug
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Re: gzip 1.3.3
yeah, but when I was like one day old on Arch I flagged xfce out of date because I was too dumb to see xfce4 and jumped the gun - Judd was cool though and just ignored my stupidity :oops:
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