Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:48:25 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchivearchive_read_support_compression_all.c archive_read_support_compression_bzip2.c archive_write_set_compression_bzip2.c archive_write_set_compression_gzip.c Message-ID: <20040730074825.GN3001@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200407300414.i6U4ElBw068754@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200407300414.i6U4ElBw068754@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 2004-Jul-30 04:14:47 +0000, Tim Kientzle wrote: > This will allow the library to be easily ported to systems > that don't have these libraries. (Of course, it also means > that clients using the library on such systems will not be > able to take advantage of the automatic compression format > detection.) How difficult would it be to detect bzip2/gzip input and produce a "[bg]zip compression not supported" rather than a generic "this input looks like garbage" message? -- Peter Jeremy
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