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| author | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +0000 |
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| committer | jmmv <jmmv@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-05-06 17:40:18 +0000 |
| commit | f1446ddf2bf8118f432b3ac74c88db3d832669a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 37ae7d212f46ef8018a7bd8c13edba7da1a47ed9 /archivers/gzip-base | |
| parent | 37170ce899bdf394cca1d0769b2215d84b15a7ee (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-f1446ddf2bf8118f432b3ac74c88db3d832669a8.tar.gz | |
Drop trailing whitespace. Ok'ed by wiz.
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| -rw-r--r-- | archivers/gzip-base/DESCR | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR b/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR index fc6347dfcde..216d400e861 100644 --- a/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR +++ b/archivers/gzip-base/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ GZIP (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by -Jean-Loup Gailly <gzip@gnu.org> for the GNU project. +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. +GZIP is just a bonus. |