Bug 6842

Summary:	od 2.0.19 different than od 2.0.21
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ross J. Micheals <rossm>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ross J. Micheals 2002-08-21 12:37:10 UTC

It appears that od version 2.0.19 gives different (incorrect) results on binary
files than version 2.0.21. Specifically, the command "od -tf8" does *not* give
consistent output between versions.

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-23 00:36:26 UTC

um,. what package? od seems to be part of textutils and we only have 2.0.19 in
portage

Comment 2 Ross J. Micheals 2002-08-23 08:46:44 UTC

2.0.19 is part of textutils. Od 2.0.21 is not part of any package (yet).

Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-23 09:01:44 UTC

ok, so this bug is just a warning?

Comment 4 Ross J. Micheals 2002-08-26 09:52:19 UTC

Call it what you will --- 2.0.19 outputs *incorrect* values. If you don't
consider this a bug, then it's not a bug.

Comment 5 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-26 12:08:57 UTC

erp, now I get it

new version is in portage and masked for testing.

sorry for my misunderstanding of your statements, and thanks for catching this.