PKGNAME:    gzip-1.2.4L.tar.gz
TITLE:      gzip for L(inux)
VERSION:    1.2.4
DESC1:      gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a
DESC2:      replacement for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are 
DESC3:      much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms.  
AUTHOR:     Jean-loop Gailly - gloop@chorus.fr
MAINTBY:    greg@halcyon.com
MAINTAT1:   sunsite.unc.edu
PATHFILE1:  ~pub/linux/utils/compress
MAINTAT2:   prep.ai.mit.edu (source)
PATHFILE2:  ~pub/gnu
REQUIRED1:  compiled under gcc v 2.4.5 on Linux, using libc.so.4.4.1
REQUIRED2:  source: supports many platforms
REQUIRED3: 
COPYPOLICY: gnu copyleft
KEYWORDS:   gzip gunzip gzexe zcmp zforce znew zdiff zcat zmore uncompress
APPROXSIZE: 199k
LAST3REL:   1.2.3
COMMENT1:   faith@cs.unc.edu normally maintains this for linux, since he is
COMMENT2:   a tad busy with emacs, I thought I would pop this package out.
COMMENT3:   new default extension .gz, now supports NT
CHECKEDBY:  greg@halcyon.com
DATE:       08/22/93