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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>
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Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Replacing GNU gzip(1) implementation with a BSD
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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