1994.02.19 14:18 "DECAlpha version bug in tiffcp.c in 3.3beta002", by epeisach@MIT.EDU

I applied the patches that someone else on the list submitted. (I appologize in advance as I no longer have the patch that was submitted a while ago to the list.

I came across two gotchas:

In README the example says to use "tiffcp -lzw cramps.tif x1.tif" and then "tiffcmp cramps.tif x1.tif"

This does not work as cramps.tif (as I pulled down) is in packbits format and you get a warning.

Better one:
tiffcp -lzw cramps.tif x1.tif
tiffcp -packbits x1.tif x2.tif
tiffcmp cramps.tif x2.tif

I also came across a silent optimization bug of an unsigned comparison with zero in setting the rowsperstrip (an uint32 be compared < 0 will of course never happen and will be optimized out).

This was discovered because I decided to use tiffinfo after a tiffcp and noticed the discrepency in the field.

Enjoy.

*** 1.2 1994/02/19 13:25:19
--- tiffcp.c    1994/02/19 13:50:37
***************
*** 394,400 ****
                 * value from the input image or, if nothing is defined,
                 * something that approximates 8Kbyte strips.
                 */
!               if (rowsperstrip < 0 &&
                    !TIFFGetField(in, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, &rowsperstrip))
                        rowsperstrip = (8*1024)/TIFFScanlineSize(out);
                if (rowsperstrip == 0)
--- 394,400 ----
                 * value from the input image or, if nothing is defined,
                 * something that approximates 8Kbyte strips.
                 */
!               if ((int32) rowsperstrip < 0 &&
                    !TIFFGetField(in, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, &rowsperstrip))
                        rowsperstrip = (8*1024)/TIFFScanlineSize(out);
                if (rowsperstrip == 0)