gzip - Compress or expand gzip (*.gz) files HOWTO

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

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