Re: gzip 1.3.6 broken on Tandem NSK/OSS

2006-12-05 Thread Paul Eggert
Matthew Woehlke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gzip 1.3.6 does not build on Tandem NSK/OSS because it uses fchdir, > which does not exist on NSK/OSS. This was added in gzip 1.3.5. Is > there a replacement for this function (e.g. in gnulib)? Can its use be > removed/conditionalized? I looked into t

Re: Fix test-argp-2.sh test failure

2006-12-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Paul, * Paul Eggert wrote on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 07:55:43AM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I could also just go ahead and commit the tests/ part of this, > That sounds good to me. Please give Sergey a couple of days first, > but if he's too busy, then please ins

Re: converting gnulib: cvs to git

2006-12-05 Thread Nix
On 4 Dec 2006, Paul Eggert outgrape: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I find these markers useful when comparing file dates when updating >> old software, and I think it would be a clear disadvantage if moving >> to git won't make the same thing possible. > > They are controversi

Re: gzip 1.3.6 (and other recent releases): utime() operation missed or clobbered at output file close

2006-12-05 Thread Paul Eggert
Ronan MELENNEC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --- gzip-1.3.6/lib/utimens.c.orig 2006-09-14 00:38:14.0 +0200 > +++ gzip-1.3.6/lib/utimens.c 2006-12-05 10:25:35.0 +0100 > @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ >else > t = NULL; > > + /* > + * TO BE REVIEWED (usefulness and portability)