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changeset 3727:87bd6540514f
Mention that gzip files end in ".gz", not ".z".
| author | Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 14 Jun 1993 15:12:07 +0000 |
| parents | 33e82e88a210 |
| children | 27768df385e2 |
| files | GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE Mon Jun 14 15:06:46 1993 +0000 +++ b/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE Mon Jun 14 15:12:07 1993 +0000 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. -* What format are the *.z files in? +* What format are the *.gz files in? Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software. @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new -compression program end in `.z' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed +compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed files, which end in `.Z'). Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files -(which also end in `.z'). This is possible because the various +(which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar,