gzip: The zip compression utility1

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 uses it as the standard compression program for its system.

gzip currently uses by default the LZ77 algorithm used in zip 1.9 (the portable pkzip compatible archiver). The gzip format was however designed to accommodate several compression algorithms.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/

Author: Jean-loup Gailly <jloup [at] chorus [dot] fr>
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Stable
Version: 1.13

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).
Remark: Dietlibc compatible.

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/ gzip-1.13.tar.xz

T2 source: gzip.cache
T2 source: gzip.conf
T2 source: gzip.desc
T2 source: gzip.prof
T2 source: hotfix-bin-bash.patch
T2 source: no-uncompress.patch

Build time (on reference hardware): 6% (relative to binutils)2

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.41 MB, 30 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree bash binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep linux-header make patch sed tar xz

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

1) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).