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Miroslav Rovis wrote: |
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> gzip apparently inconsistent behavior occupies the most part of the report on |
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> inconsistencies here (esp. the script make_gzip_archives_consistent.sh). |
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Checked on my system, same behaviour, looking inside the gzip file you see why. I used |
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shed but strings is easier: |
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$ strings eix-installed-after_1.gz |
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eix-installed-after_1 |
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... |
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$ strings eix-installed-after_2.gz |
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eix-installed-after_2 |
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... |
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gzip stores the filename in the compressed file so the files differ. |
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But you get different results even if you use the same file name, so digging into the file |
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format (e.g. http://www.zlib.org/rfc-gzip.html#file-format) you find that gzip stores the |
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MTIME (Modification TIME) in the file header, so even equally-named files will also differ. |
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HTH, I did not have the time to go through your long email completely. |
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raffaele |
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