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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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> > That wouldn't save us anyway since we'd still need at least unzip in
> > the tree.  I figure if we're going to bring something like zip/unzip
> > in, we might as well try to add some value to it.  A library API to
> > zip would be useful for a lot of things, I think.
> > 
> > > Also, what kind of API would you like to see?  You are the most familiar
> > > with the package tools, so if you write up a quick 'this is what I'd
> > > like to see API' then it would be easier for someone to know what is
> > > expected.
> > 
> > OK.  I will do precisely that!
> 
> Or you can check out the gnu.misc.discuss posting of where you can
> download the library that already exists.

That's the gzip compression library, not to be confused with we're
discussing, a zip/unzip library.  The former is a general purpose
library for zip compresion, while the latter is specifically for
'ZIP-archive' files.


Nate