[Bug 152349] Re: gzip does not provide keep input files option

[Shriramana Sharma]

Upstream Debian reports this fixed with further upstream (core gzip)
version 1.6 -- thankfully the gzip developers decided to include this
directly: http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7623.

And indeed in Trusty (actually since Saucy, but I hadn't noticed it) I
have this option to keep me happy! :-)

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Title:
  gzip does not provide keep input files option

Status in “gzip” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “gzip” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gzip

  bzip2 gives a -k or --keep option which prevents the source files from
  being deleted. gzip does not have this. It is highly useful when a
  number of files have to be compressed/decompressed. Otherwise we are
  forced to write a for x in $(ls *.gz) kind of script when just two
  letters "-k" will solve the problem.

  I created a patch for this.

  I have requested the original creators and the Debian maintainer to
  include this, but there has been no response, no yes or no from them.
  I file this bug therefore in Ubuntu so that at least my favourite
  distro has this feature. I will attach patch in next step.

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