bug#50097: gzip: add "--keep" option to keep original files unchanged

[Rodrigo Campos]

On 8/19/21 2:29 AM, Krzysztof Żelechowski wrote:

> > The patch just makes sure the original files are
> > unchanged, as the topic says, and that is working as far as I understand.
>
> It is >
> > Also, can you please provide specific steps to reproduce?
>
> { >>a && ln a b && gzip -k b
> }

Exactly, the original file is unaffected, therefore nothing to fix in 
this specific patch. Note the same happens without "-k" too.

If this is a bug, please report with the regular methods. Don't revive 
this unrelated thread from the mailing list :)


Best,
Rodrigo