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From: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>
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To: garbanzo@hooked.net, totii@est.is
Subject: Re: gzipped programs
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> From: Ivarsson <totii@est.is>
>
> You can gzip all binaries exept gzip and gunzip, It will slow down the

Support to unzip binaries is in the kernel (if you've enabled
it with the ``pseudo-device   gzip'' line in your kernel config
file -- it does not need /usr/bin/{gzip,gunzip} -- you *can* gzip
"gzip" and "gunzip".

Dave Bodenstab
imdave@mcs.net