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Package Name gzip
Summary De-/Compression with GZIP Algorithm
Description GNU zip (gzip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for the traditional Unix utility compress(1). Its main advantages over compress(1) are much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. gzip produces files with a .gz extension. gunzip can decompress files created by gzip, compress and pack. The detection of the input format is automatic. The format of the .gz files generated by gzip is described in RFCs (Request For Comments) 1951 and 1952.
Homepage URL http://www.gzip.org/
Vendor Jean-loup Gailly, Mark Adler
Packager OpenPKG Foundation e.V.
Distribution OpenPKG Community
Class CORE  
Group Compression
Distribution License GPL
Vendor Software Version 1.3.12
OpenPKG Package Release 20080101
Build-Time Options none
Build-Time Dependencies OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20040130
Install-Time Dependencies OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20040130
Security Advisories 2005.009, 2003.031

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OpenPKG-CURRENT
1.3.12-20080101 
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