[comp.sources.bugs] v20i064: compress - Compress 4.1, Part01/02

jtc@motcad.portal.com (J.T. Conklin) (06/27/91)

In article <csm-v20i064=compress.133807@sparky.imd.sterling.com> Dave Mack <csu@alembic.ACS.COM> writes:
>Submitted-by: Dave Mack <csu@alembic.ACS.COM>
>Posting-number: Volume 20, Issue 64
>Archive-name: compress/part01
>Environment: UNIX
>
>This is Compress, Version 4.1. This submission consists of two parts.

This new version of compress seems to have the old problem with zcat
somtimes deleting the compressed file when interrupted.  I thought
this bug was fixed long ago.

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J.T. Conklin    jtc@motcad.portal.com, ...!portal!motcad!jtc

gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis) (06/27/91)

In article <1991Jun26.221030.23987> jtc@motcad.portal.com (J.T. Conklin) writes:
>In article <csm-v20i064=compress.133807@sparky.imd.sterling.com> Dave Mack <csu@alembic.ACS.COM> writes:
>>Posting-number: Volume 20, Issue 64
>>Archive-name: compress/part01
>>
>>This is Compress, Version 4.1. This submission consists of two parts.
>
>This new version of compress seems to have the old problem with zcat
>somtimes deleting the compressed file when interrupted.  I thought
>this bug was fixed long ago.
>-- 
>J.T. Conklin    jtc@motcad.portal.com, ...!portal!motcad!jtc

I'm confused. We have had compress 4.2 for some four years or so
and now someone comes up with a new 4.1 (based on 4.0).

Could someone shed a bit of light on this (Chip Salzenberg , Dave Mack ?)
please ?

partly diff of compress.c versions 4.1 (newly) and 4.2 (from 1987) enclosed
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*** compress.c  Sun May 26 18:09:31 1991
--- compress42.c        Thu Jun 04 16:32:08 1987

[ Many other differences deleted]

***************
*** 139,147 ****
   *		Joe Orost		(decvax!vax135!petsd!joe)
!  *		Dave Mack		(csu@alembic.acs.com)
!  *
!  * Revision 4.1   91/05/26  	  csu@alembic.acs.com
!  * Modified to recursively compress directories ('r' flag). As a side
!  * effect, compress will no longer attempt to compress things that
!  * aren't "regular" files. See Changes.
   *
   * Revision 4.0  85/07/30  12:50:00  joe
--- 129,141 ----
   *		Joe Orost		(decvax!vax135!petsd!joe)
!  *              Chip Salzenberg         (gatech!usfvax2!ateng!chip)
   *
+  * $Header: compress.c,v 4.2 87/06/04 16:32:00 chip Release $
+  * $Log:	compress.c,v $
+  * 
+  * Revision 4.2  87/06/04  16:32:00  chip
+  * Add "oftrash" flag -- don't unlink output file if input file is gone!!
+  * 
+  * Revision 4.1  87/05/07  16:32:00  chip
+  * Go ahead and compress linked files if `force' flag is on.
+  * 
   * Revision 4.0  85/07/30  12:50:00  joe
***************
*** 256,258 ****
   */
! static char version_id[] = "compress.c 4.1";
  
--- 250,252 ----
   */
! static char rcs_ident[] = "$Header: compress.c,v 4.2 87/06/04 16:32:00 chip Release $";
  
[ Rest deleted ]
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(Or should I've done it the other way round ?:-} )
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