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gzip version 0.8.1 is available for anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu
[18.71.0.38], in the file /pub/gnu/gzip-0.8.1.tar.Z

gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement
for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are better
compression and freedom from patented algorithms.  The GNU Project
will soon make this the standard compression program for its system.
So please try to build it *now*, before conversion of all GNU .Z files
to the gzip format. The Linux project has already adopted gzip for
distribution of Linux itself (see comp.os.linux).

gzip currently uses the compression algorithm used in zip 1.9 (the
portable pkzip compatible archiver). The gzip format was however
designed to accommodate several compression algorithms.  gunzip can
currently decompress files created by gzip, zip, compress or pack. The
detection of the input format is automatic.

A script 'znew' is provided for automatic conversion of .Z files to
the gzip format. A gzip'ed tar file is usually about 2/3 the size of a
tar.Z file.

Notable changes from version 0.5 are (see the NEWS file in the
distribution for a complete list):

o gzip can now extract .z files created by 'pack'.

o it is now possible to append to a gzip'ed file.

o 'configure' should now work on most systems

o many minor bug fixes


Please send comments and bug reports to jloup@chorus.fr or
bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.

Jean-loup Gailly
jloup@chorus.fr