zipsplit broken: Entry too big to split, read, or write

Bug #777397 reported by taka k.
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
zip (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: zip

ubuntu 10.04 zip 3.0-2
zipsplit doesn't work. i've tried with multiple zip files

$ zipsplit -tn 100000 zipfile.zip
zipsplit warning: Entry is larger than max split size of: 99978
zipsplit warning: use -n to set split size
zipsplit error: Entry too big to split, read, or write

doesn't matter what split size i use, it still throws the warning and error

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in zip (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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rienesl (rienesl) wrote :

The split size must not be smaller than the biggest file inside the archive. Most of the times, this fact renders this tool to useless...

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