[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gzip-1.7-1
Eric Blake (cygwin)
eblake@redhat.com
Tue Apr 12 20:18:00 GMT 2016
A new release of gzip, 1.7-1, has been uploaded and will soon reach a
mirror near you; leaving the previous version at 1.6-1.
NEWS:
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This represents a new upstream release. For more details on the
upstream changes, see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/gzip/.
DESCRIPTION:
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GNU Gzip is a popular data compression program originally written by
Jean-loup Gailly for the GNU project. Mark Adler wrote the decompression
part. It was developed as a replacement for compress because of Unisys
and IBM patents covering the LZW algorithm at the time. The superior
compression ratio of gzip is just a bonus.
UPDATE:
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To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your
system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'gzip'
in the 'Base' category (it should already be selected).
DOWNLOAD:
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Note that downloads from cygwin.com aren't allowed due to bandwidth
limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has
this update, please choose the one nearest to you:
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html
QUESTIONS:
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If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is
the appropriate place.
--
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin gzip package maintainer
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