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Re: compress ?



	Thanks everyone,   
	I didn't know it was there.  
	One of my packages uses it during 'make test'.
	It will be easy to get around it.
	However it could be argued that a unix system without 'compress'
is broken. 

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Juan Cespedes wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 01:01:09PM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote:
> > 
> > 	I don't have a 'compress' command on my hamm .  Is this normal ?
> 
> 	If you don't have the `ncompress' package installed, then yes,
> it is normal.
> 
> 	BTW: `ncompress' is only available in the non-free section
> (due to LZW patent issues), so it will not be available on Debian CDs.
> 
> 	But... why do you need `compress'?  `gzip' compress things
> much better, and it's free.
> 
> -- 
> Juan Cespedes
> 

G John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Tucson,AZ     http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre


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