Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 18:48:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compress 4.2.4 (pr#bin/146) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960527184750.21246E-100000@ki.net> In-Reply-To: <23116.833235934@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 27 May 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Do we want to upgrade this? remove compress (ln to gzip?)? > > gzip isn't compatible with compress, though gunzip handles > _uncompression_ of compressed files. If anyone still relies on the > "compress" format, they'd be screwed by such a change (does anyone?). > > Path of least resistance is probably just to upgrade it. I wouldn't > mind having a compress that was twice as fast for wu-ftpd alone. > Okay, I have the code here...can I get away with just creating a patch between 4.2.0 and 4.2.4, and applying that? Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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