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Article #662Re: Widespread bug in "compress" and GIF compressors
From: A. Dain Samples
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:09
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:09
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In article <BzEzAM.3Gv.2@cs.cmu.edu>, tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
|> I've discovered a small bug in the standard Unix compress(1) utility.
|> The bug is also present in many derived implementations of LZW
|> compression,
Isn't the real problem now one of backward compatibility? If you
modify your `compress'-compatible program, make sure you can still
decompress old .Z files!!
Just goes to show: software will ALWAYS be buggy.
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Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!babbage.ece.uc.edu!holmes.ece.uc.edu!dain From: dain@holmes.ece.uc.edu (A. Dain Samples) Subject: Re: Widespread bug in "compress" and GIF compressors Message-ID: <BzzJzM.A9J@babbage.ece.uc.edu> Keywords: LZW, compress, GIF Sender: root@babbage.ece.uc.edu (Operator) Nntp-Posting-Host: holmes.ece.uc.edu Reply-To: Dain.Samples@uc.edu Organization: University of Cincinnati References: <BzEzAM.3Gv.2@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:09:21 GMT Lines: 21