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authorRuben Vorderman <r.h.p.vorderman@lumc.nl>2021-02-25 11:30:24 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-02-25 11:30:24 (GMT)
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bpo-43316: gzip: CLI uses non-zero return code on error. (GH-24647)
Exit code is now 1 instead of 0. A message is printed to stderr instead of stdout. This is the proper behaviour for a tool that can be used in scripts.
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+The ``python -m gzip`` command line application now properly fails when
+detecting an unsupported extension. It exits with a non-zero exit code and
+prints an error message to stderr.