"* Noteworthy changes in release 1.9 (2018-01-07) [stable]
** Bug fixes
gzip -d -S SUFFIX file.SUFFIX would fail for any upper-case byte in SUFFIX.
E.g., before, this command would fail:
$ :|gzip > kT && gzip -d -S T kT
gzip: kT: unknown suffix -- ignored
[bug present since the beginning]
When decompressing data in 'pack' format, gzip no longer mishandles
leading zeros in the end-of-block code. [bug introduced in gzip-1.6]
When converting from system-dependent time_t format to the 32-bit
unsigned MTIME format used in gzip files, if a timestamp does not
fit gzip now substitutes zero instead of the timestamp's low-order
32 bits, as per Internet RFC 1952. When converting from MTIME to
time_t format, if a timestamp does not fit gzip now warns and
substitutes the nearest in-range value instead of crashing or
silently substituting an implementation-defined value (typically,
the timestamp's low-order bits). This affects timestamps before
1970 and after 2106, and timestamps after 2038 on platforms with
32-bit signed time_t. [bug present since the beginning]
Commands implemented via shell scripts are now more consistent about
failure status. For example, 'gunzip --help >/dev/full' now
consistently exits with status 1 (error), instead of with status 2
(warning) on some platforms. [bug present since the beginning]
Support for VMS and Amiga has been removed. It was not working anyway,
and it reportedly caused file name glitches on MS-Windowsish platforms."
Best,
Matthias
Signed-off-by: Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer@ipfire.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>