From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 11:20:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8681065675 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C6FA8FC19 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4QBK1Rb092572 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4QBK1kY092571; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200905261120.n4QBK1kY092571@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Helmut Schneider Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65429106564A for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53BE68FC16 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4QBA1Lc049308 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:01 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4QBA1QV049307; Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:01 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200905261110.n4QBA1QV049307@www.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:10:01 GMT From: Helmut Schneider To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/134955: gzip always stores time stamp since 6.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:20:02 -0000 >Number: 134955 >Category: bin >Synopsis: gzip always stores time stamp since 6.3-RELEASE >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 26 11:20:01 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Helmut Schneider >Release: 7.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Since 6.3 (according to the manual) -n (--no-name) does store the timestamp of a file. With 6.2 gzip behaved as expected. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gzip&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gzip&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-RELEASE&format=html http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html#Sample Problem: 2 archives cannot easily be compared e.g. using CRC even if the files are identical but have a different time stamp. One must either extract the files, use -vl and cut the CRC, ... >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: