Re: gzip-1.2.4-8
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Bdale Garbee wrote:
> This release closes bug report 2090, which pointed out that gzip could/should
> provide links for 'compress' and 'uncompress'. Since it seems unlikely to me
> that we'll ever have a 'compress' package, and since some other applications
> look for uncompress, I see no reason not to do this.
Please could you _not_ add a link for 'compress', as some things depend
on it doing the right thing if it's present. The X build process is one
example - I've had to install a real copy of compress.
A link for 'uncompress' is ok, though.
Steve Early
sde1000@cam.ac.uk
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