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Inconsistency in GZIP documentation of diagnostic output vs. manpage

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Inconsistency in GZIP documentation of diagnostic output vs. manpage
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:05:37 +1100

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I noticed a minor inconsistency between the diagnostic output of gzip(1)
and what is documented in the manpage for the condition where gzip believes
the file has already been compressed "already has .gz suffix".

# Occurs in
----------------
GZIP Version: 1.6 (Compiled source from GNU mirror)
GZIP Version: 1.5 (Installed Binary on Debian 7.8)

# Reproduce
-----------------
touch example.gz && gzip example.gz

Compare this output to that of gzip(1) manpage corresponding to the error.

# Problem
--------------
Expected: gzip: example.gz already has .gz suffix -- no change
Got:          gzip: example.gz already has .gz suffix -- unchanged

# Files identified
----------------------
./gzip.doc
./gzip.1

Regards,
Jason.

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Message #8 received at 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
To: 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Git patch to resolve GZIP manpage inconsistency
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:34:26 +1100

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Attached is a git generated patch to resolve the inconsistency in the gzip
manpages. I hope this is helpful, I've yet to submit a patch before.

Regards,
Jason Leschnik.

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[bug22413.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Message #11 received at 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
Cc: 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22413: Git patch to resolve GZIP manpage inconsistency
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:41:01 +0800

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me> wrote:
> Attached is a git generated patch to resolve the inconsistency in the gzip
> manpages. I hope this is helpful, I've yet to submit a patch before.

Thank you for the patch.
I have applied it locally, with a minor adjustment to make the commit
log conform to our standards. However, before I push, are you sure you
want to use the email address you specified in that git header (see
below)? I suspect you'd prefer to use the same email address I see
above. If so, for future contributions, you should change the "email
=" line of your ~/.gitconfig file. Let me know and I'll adjust my copy
of your commit locally.

commit 51b4497c7ad4546fc68c44653c66cfd8eb8b9f40
Author: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> torrents.(none)>
Date:   Thu Jan 21 04:19:06 2016 +0000

    doc: correct a diagnostic in man page to match actual

    * gzip.1: s/no change/unchanged/
    This addresses http://debbugs.gnu.org/22413

Message #14 received at 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 22413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22413: Git patch to resolve GZIP manpage inconsistency
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:09:32 +1100

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>
> However, before I push, are you sure you
> want to use the email address you specified in that git header (see
> below)?


Hey Jim,

*Doh* Definitely! My apologies for the sloppy local config. I'm fine with
you changing it to the address I'm using now (jason <at> leschnik.me).

Many thanks,
Jason.

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Message #19 received at 22413-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me>
Cc: 22413-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22413: Git patch to resolve GZIP manpage inconsistency
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 22:24:26 +0800

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Jason Leschnik <jason <at> leschnik.me> wrote:
>> However, before I push, are you sure you
>> want to use the email address you specified in that git header (see
>> below)?
>
> Hey Jim,
>
> *Doh* Definitely! My apologies for the sloppy local config. I'm fine with
> you changing it to the address I'm using now (jason <at> leschnik.me).

No trouble.
Pushed as http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=7608acdeef34543209730cfb9a235a5435fa09b8

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