[Bug 1168049] [NEW] gunzip ignores 'n' when asked to overwrite file

[Ben Cordes]

Public bug reported:

Steps to repro:
% echo overwritten > test
% gzip test
% echo clean > test
% cat test
clean
% gunzip test.gz
gzip: test already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? n
% cat test
overwritten
%

This bug seems to have been reported in several other places as a
compiler optimization bug (saw one reference to GCC 4.7 x86-64 -O2).
It's possible that it's been fixed in upstream already.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: gzip 1.5-1.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 11 12:45:38 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-13 (363 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.3)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gzip
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-09 (152 days ago)

** Affects: gzip (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal running-unity

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Title:
  gunzip ignores 'n' when asked to overwrite file

Status in “gzip” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Steps to repro:
  % echo overwritten > test
  % gzip test
  % echo clean > test
  % cat test
  clean
  % gunzip test.gz
  gzip: test already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? n
  % cat test
  overwritten
  %

  This bug seems to have been reported in several other places as a
  compiler optimization bug (saw one reference to GCC 4.7 x86-64 -O2).
  It's possible that it's been fixed in upstream already.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: gzip 1.5-1.1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-27.46-generic 3.5.7.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Apr 11 12:45:38 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-13 (363 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.3)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gzip
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-09 (152 days ago)

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