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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gzip-1.8-1
- From: "Eric Blake (cygwin)" <eblake at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:07:32 -0500
- Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gzip-1.8-1
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A new release of gzip, 1.8-1, has been uploaded and will soon reach a
mirror near you; leaving the previous version at 1.7-2.
NEWS:
=====
This is a new upstream release. For more details on the upstream
changes, see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/gzip/.
DESCRIPTION:
============
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:
=======
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:
=========
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:
==========
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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