Re: Corrupt gzipped exports on Solaris 2.6

From: Paul Eggert <eggert_at_twinsun.com>
Date: 19 Nov 2001 10:00:22 -0800
Message-ID: <7wk7wmljyh.fsf@sic.twinsun.com>

"Chuck" <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com> writes:

> > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.3.2.tar.gz

> Does the "alhpa" portion of this URL mean that the utility is still
> being alpha tested?

In this particular case it means that the official maintainer hasn't gotten around to blessing it. He's a busy guy. But if it makes you feel better, his web page <http://www.gzip.org/> recommends <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.3.2.tar.gz> for Solaris 2.6.

> I'm leary to use an alpha product for backing up
> anything important.

It's your choice. In my experience, 1.3.2 is far more reliable than 1.2.4 is. It also fixes some security holes, if you care about that sort of thing.

I don't know of any technical reason to prefer 1.2.4 to 1.3.2. Received on Mon Nov 19 2001 - 12:00:22 CST