gzip0.8.1 will not unzip unix-zipped files

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From: Ken-ichiro Aoki
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:50

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version:
  gzip 0.8.1 (22 Jan 93)
  Compilation options:
  SYSDIR  STDC_HEADERS HAVE_MEMORY_H HAVE_STRING_H  (for NeXT)
  DIRENT UTIME HAVE_UNISTD_H HAVE_MEMORY_H HAVE_STRING_H  (for sparc)

machines: 
  NeXT station running NeXTSTEP3.0 (68040@25MHz)
  Sparc IPX running SunOS4.1.2

symptom:
when I use unix-zip and try to unzip using gunzip, I get the following.
  g.zip: first entry not deflated or stored--can't extract

zip I used was
  Copyright (C) 1990,1991 Mark Adler, Richard B. Wales, and Jean-loup Gailly.
  Zip 1.0 (29 September 1991)

unix-unzip CAN unzip it. unzip version is
  UnZip:  Zipfile Extract v4.1 of 5-13-91;  (C) 1989 Samuel H. Smith
  Courtesy of:  S.H.Smith  and  The Tool Shop BBS,  (602) 279-2673.

If I am to understand the manual correctly, gunzip should
unzip (pkzip compatible) unix-zipped files. 
By the way, one of the files I used to test this was GNUmanifesto :)
but seems to be reproducible for any file.

I think this is a bug; sorry if this is a misunderstanding
or has been reported already.
Thank you for your time.      ___Ken-ichiro Aoki.

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