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| author | salo <salo@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-05-28 20:37:08 +0000 |
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| committer | salo <salo@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-05-28 20:37:08 +0000 |
| commit | 6241c4e07ba3d647ed160b5418af6baeb53e6f5d (patch) | |
| tree | 8546b6e8a8ed588230cd3a40cbda47f2ec3691e1 /archivers/gzip-base/DESCR | |
| parent | 003be5426474a7c745eaff5898098b157de7169e (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-6241c4e07ba3d647ed160b5418af6baeb53e6f5d.tar.gz | |
PKGREVISION++
- install scripts with executable bit set.
- style nits (DESCR has 80 columns, make PKGNAME version agnostic, move
comment about info file where it belongs, ..).
Addresses PR pkg/21702 by Rob Quinn.
Diffstat (limited to 'archivers/gzip-base/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | archivers/gzip-base/DESCR | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR b/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR index 216d400e861..954e456a6c3 100644 --- a/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR +++ b/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -GZIP (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by -Jean-Loup Gailly <gzip@gnu.org> for the GNU project. +GZIP (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by Jean-Loup +Gailly <gzip@gnu.org> for the GNU project. -This program was developed as a replacement for compress because -of the UNISYS and IBM patents covering the LZW algorithm used by -compress. These patents made it impossible for us to use compress, -and we needed a replacement. The superior compression ratio of -GZIP is just a bonus. +This program was developed as a replacement for compress because of the UNISYS +and IBM patents covering the LZW algorithm used by compress. These patents +made it impossible for us to use compress, and we needed a replacement. The +superior compression ratio of GZIP is just a bonus. |