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Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:19:52 +0100
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: Replacing GNU gzip(1) implementation with a BSD licensed version
Message-ID:  <20070126191951.GA973@zaphod.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <45B9D204.9030503@delphij.net>
References:  <45B9D204.9030503@delphij.net>

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On 2007.01.26 18:03:48 +0800, LI Xin wrote:

> A BSD licensed gzip version has been ported from NetBSD, in order to
> replace the current GNU GPL'ed gzip version found in our base system.
> 
> The new gzip would be added to src/usr.bin.  It is expected to hit the
> tree soon.

Great, thanks for working on this!

So, in perhaps 3 years we don't have to support gzip wrt. security
anymore :-).

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen



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