ChangeLog
2024-05-16 - 1.4 -> 1.13
- Removed 1.24
- Updated Slackware package versions with 14.0, .1, .2 and
15.0, removed all older
- Added repository link
- Home page URL http to https
- ftp to https
- Instead of moving binaries to /bin, use --bindir
- Instead of using $USER and assuming a specific
version of 'su' with certain behavior, just use logname
2011-07-17 - 1.3.12 -> 1.4
- Updated Slackware note for 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1 and
13.37, removed older
- Use ftpmirror.gnu.org instead of ftp.gnu.org
2007-08-31 - Replaced zcat and gunzip symlinks, let
it install the bash scripts that come with it
2007-08-28 - 1.3.6 -> 1.3.12
- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007-02-05 - 1.3.5 -> 1.3.6
- Added uninstall instructions
- Updated Slack note for 11.0
- Move gzip, gunzip, zcat into /bin, create
symlinks
2006-04-10 - Fixed a few typos
- Only run removepkg when it exists
- Updated Slack note for 10.2
- Make sure your non-root account can
read and write everything in the source directory
2005-07-28 - root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
- Added chown for 1.2.4a also
- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
2005-05-10 - Updated Slackware notes for 10.1
- Changed ibiblio URL to one that currently exists
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Changed ftp://ftp.gnu.org to http://ftp.gnu.org
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
2004-08-31 - Changed the ibiblio link from ftp to http and fixed the
URI (/pub/gnu -> /pub/gnu/ftp/gnu)
- Updated the description
- Changed md5sum -> textutils links to point to coreutils
- Replaced sha1sum verification with the more widely available
md5sum, older versions of textutils didn't include sha1sum,
and md5sum is generally available when sha1sum isn't
- Added a note about how old the beta is
- Added a note about the versions that come with Slackware
2003-08-07 - Modernized more
- Added md5sum verification
2003-04-22 - Modernized the howto
2002-12-04 - 1.3.3 -> 1.3.5 (from alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/)
- Added removal of old versions for both
2002-08-20 - Added link to home page (the gzip.org one, not the GNU one)
- Version 1.3.3 is no longer available on alpha.gnu.org
for some reason, updated the URL to one that exists :-)
- Added 'make check' to the 1.3.3 instructions