X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=34e61fc4670f516bd2001c5c7699d786204f255a;hb=eff6930a7860e84acb666b594c34de5f3b041ef3;hp=ee5eab7bb97824dd2d7b6f4f236f1bdd6f93b58e;hpb=013796abf4c6be0bd130f541c0ece156156239c3;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/README b/README index ee5eab7..34e61fc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ This is the file README for the gzip distribution. +The GNU gzip home page is https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip. + gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. The GNU Project @@ -27,10 +29,8 @@ Huffman encoder. gunzip is able to decompress .z files (packed or gzip'ed). Several planned features are not yet supported (see the file TODO). -See the file NEWS for a summary of changes since 0.5. See the file -INSTALL for installation instructions. Some answers to frequently -asked questions are given in the file INSTALL, please read it. (In -particular, please don't ask me once more for an /etc/magic entry.) +See the file NEWS for a summary of changes since the last release. +See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. WARNING: gzip is sensitive to compiler bugs, particularly when optimizing. Use "make check" to check that gzip was compiled @@ -52,14 +52,8 @@ Bug reports should ideally include: If you send me patches for machines I don't have access to, please test them very carefully. gzip is used for backups, it must be extremely reliable. -GNU tar 1.11.2 has a -z option to invoke directly gzip, so you don't have to -patch it. The package ftp.uu.net:/languages/emacs-lisp/misc/jka-compr19.el.Z -also supports gzip'ed files. - The znew and gzexe shell scripts provided with gzip benefit from -(but do not require) the cpmod utility to transfer file attributes. -It is available in -ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume11/cpmod.Z. +(but do not require) the (non-GNU) cpmod utility to transfer file attributes. The sample programs zread.c, sub.c and add.c in subdirectory sample are provided as examples of useful complements to gzip. Read the @@ -69,29 +63,15 @@ provided as example (not installed by default since it relies on perl). gzip is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, a copy of which is -provided under the name COPYING. The latest version of gzip are always -available from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip or in any of the gnu +provided under the name COPYING. The latest version of gzip is always +available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip or in any of the GNU mirror sites. -- sources in gzip-*.tar (or .shar or .tar.gz). -- MSDOS lha self-extracting exe in gzip-msdos-*.exe. Once extracted, - copy gzip.exe to gunzip.exe and zcat.exe, or use "gzip -d" to decompress. - gzip386.exe runs much faster but only on 386 and above; it was compiled with - djgpp 1.10 available in directory omnigate.clarkson.edu:/pub/msdos/djgpp. - -A VMS executable is in ftp://ftp.spc.edu/[.macro32.savesets]gzip-1-*.zip -(use [.macro32]unzip.exe to extract). A PRIMOS executable is available -in ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/primos/run/gzip.run. - -Some ftp servers can automatically make a tar.Z from a tar file. If -you are getting gzip for the first time, you can ask for a tar.Z file -instead of the much larger tar file. - Many thanks to those who provided me with bug reports and feedback. See the files THANKS and ChangeLog for more details. - Note about zip vs. gzip: + Note about zip vs. gzip: The name 'gzip' was a very unfortunate choice, because zip and gzip are two really different programs, although the actual compression and @@ -125,18 +105,22 @@ error recovery features.) gzip and gunzip are distributed as a single program. zip and unzip are, for historical reasons, two separate programs, although the -authors of these two programs work closely together in the info-zip +authors of these two programs work closely together in the Info-ZIP team. zip and unzip are not associated with the GNU project. -See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/ for more about zip and unzip. +See http://info-zip.org/ for more about zip and unzip. + +For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package +note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval. ======================================================================== -Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software Foundation, +Inc. Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document -under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the ``GNU Free