Gzip in HPUX 11.11

[YLTan]

I noticed that the /usr/contrib/bin/gzip for HPUX 11.11 can't compress files greater than 2Gb. It returns 'Unknown error'

Does anyone know if there is a gzip version that can handle file size greater than 2Gb?

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

There is an upgrade for gzip that fixes this. You need to get a more current version and compile it. Here is a 32 bit binary.

[Marcin Gonet_1]

You can also use the syntax below as a walkaround:

cat file | gzip -c > file.gz

That should work.

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

Here you can find it, unfortunately there isn't gzip already compiled for HP-UX 11.11.
Anyway I have inserted the source code, it should be compiled on your system HP-UX 11.11 system to work.
On URL above you can find instructions to compile it.

Also: doc KBRC00009554 - My Gzip version doesn't match the version number I installed

It is a tipical problem after that a new gzip is installed. This doc explains how to verify exactly the gzip version.

I hope this helps you.

Best regards,
Ettore

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

gzip 1.3.5 is the absolute bleeding edge beta version - just released a month or two ago. 1.3.3 has been out for about a year & 1.3.1 has been out for 2 years.
Yet HP continues to ship 1.2.4 - which can't handle largefiles - simply because no one at GNU will "bless" even 1.3.1 with the term "stable release". And until someone does HP will continue shipping the hamstrung 1.2.4 with ALL versions of their OS.
Makes me wonder if anyone at HP or GNU really cares.

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

I don't know about HP, but the HP porting centers *do* care about our wishes.

It was only minutes after I asked Mehdi to upgrade gzip to 1.3.x on the proting centers exactly because of this problem before the update arrived! I think that we have lost a great motivated power over there now Mehdi has left the porting centers.

FWIW gzip built on 11.00 perfectly works on 11.11 (11i), and is also available from my sites (see attachment) along with the even better compressing bzip2

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn