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Compress or expand files
Branch: pkgsrc-2022Q2,
Version: 1.12,
Package name: gzip-1.12,
Maintainer: pkgsrc-usersGZIP (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by Jean-Loup
Gailly <gzip@gnu.org> for the GNU project.
This program was developed as a replacement for compress because of the UNISYS
and IBM patents covering the LZW algorithm used by compress. These patents
made it impossible for us to use compress, and we needed a replacement. The
superior compression ratio of GZIP is just a bonus.
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Filesize: 5900 KB
Version history: (Expand)
- (2022-06-30) Package added to pkgsrc.se, version gzip-1.12 (created)