Package: gzip Version: 1.6-3 Followup-For: Bug #535982 I don't believe this bug should be wontfix'd. For the very common case of disk image files, sparse files are quite common, and there's no point in wrapping the image in an extra layer of indirection via tar. Having sparse file support in gunzip would be quite useful.
If detecting runs of zeroes in gunzip does not have a significant performance impact (since gunzip needs to produce every byte anyway), I'd argue that --sparse should be the *default* behavior, with --no-sparse available to turn it off for the rare case of not wanting a sparse file. - Josh Triplett -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gzip depends on: ii dpkg 1.17.6 ii install-info 5.2.0.dfsg.1-2 ii libc6 2.18-1 gzip recommends no packages. Versions of packages gzip suggests: ii less 458-2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
